Description
Book SynopsisThis intellectual biography brings to light a complex, fascinating woman who bridged many worlds--the United States and Mexico, art and politics, professional work and family life.
Trade ReviewSusannah Glusker's biography is a balanced and well-documented analysis of the middle period of her mother's life. She demonstrates that Brenner was a significant Latin American writer, a cultural hybrid and major figure in Mexico's cultural renaissance, and a political activist who sought successfully to document the dynamics of the country of her birth. This volume is informative and intriguing, and sheds light on Anita Brenner as a complex, assertive woman who, indeed, had "a mind of her own." * H-Net Reviews *
Table of Contents
- Foreword by Carlos Monsivais
- Prologue
- An Abbreviated Chronology of Anita Brenner's Life
- Introduction
- 1. Nana Serapia
- 2. Mexico Welcomes Anita
- 3. A Family of Artists and Intellectuals
- 4. Sisters, Foes, and Role Models
- 5. Moving On
- 6. Harvesting Mexican Efforts
- 7. An Art Critic's Career Unfolds
- 8. Idols behind Altars
- 9. An Atypical Student
- 10. Flirtations, Relationships, and Love
- 11. Your Mexican Holiday
- 12. Identity, Commitment, and Activism
- 13. Full-fledged Menorah Journal Radical
- 14. Spain
- 15. Art Critic in the Thirties
- 16. A Radical Looks at Mexico: The Throttled Revolution
- 17. The Wind That Swept Mexico
- 18. Epilogue: New York, 1942
- Appendixes
- Notes
- Anita Brenner Bibliography
- General Bibliography
- Index
