{"product_id":"mexican-costumbrismo-race-society-and-identity-in-nineteenthcentury-art-9780271079073","title":"Mexican Costumbrismo Race Society and Identity in","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFocuses on costumbrismo, a cultural trend in Latin America and Spain toward representing local customs, types, and scenes of everyday life in the visual arts and literature, to examine the shifting terms of Mexican identity in the nineteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This meticulous study of images of everyday social customs in nineteenth-century painting, literature, and photography in Mexico makes an outstanding contribution to the field of art history. Moriuchi’s analysis enriches our understanding of the relation between the aesthetic and the political during Mexico’s tumultuous and pivotal period of nation formation. Her conclusions have important implications as well for the art-historical study of the preceding colonial era and of twentieth-century Mexican modernism.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Adriana Zavala,author of \u003ci\u003eBecoming Modern, Becoming Tradition: Women, Gender, and Representation in Mexican Art\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Rooted in \u003ci\u003ecasta\u003c\/i\u003e imagery of eighteenth-century New Spain as well as the works of nineteenth-century foreign traveler-artists in Mexico, Moriuchi’s study demonstrates that such visualizations of racial and social diversity informed the twentieth-century concept of \u003ci\u003emexicanidad\u003c\/i\u003e in the art produced by Mexican modernists. For students and scholars, this book significantly advances the scholarship on the visual cultures of Mexico.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Magali Carrera,author of \u003ci\u003eImagining Identity in New Spain: Race, Lineage, and the Colonial Body in Portraiture and Casta Paintings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eMexican Costumbrismo\u003c\/i\u003e represents a considerable step forward in the bibliography on Mexican (and, by extension, Latin American) art of the nineteenth century. Moriuchi’s firm grasp of the art, social, and literary history of Mexico in the transitional era from colony to republic serves to create a nuanced, richly documented, and stimulating panorama of daily life and its imagery in a variety of visual genres. Moriuchi intelligently argues that seemingly straightforward scenes of ‘picturesque' customs are often allusions to far more complicated sets of social circumstances.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Edward J. Sullivan,author of \u003ci\u003eFrom San Juan to Paris and Back: Francisco Oller and Caribbean Art in the Era of Impressionism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This thoughtful, fine-tuned study peels apart the layers of costumbrista painting, literature, and photography to reveal their centrality to discourses of nationhood and national identity in Mexico in its unstable first century of independence. Keenly sensitive to the ways in which race, class, and gender were both represented and misrepresented by costumbrismo’s artists and consumers, Moriuchi’s book demonstrates the complexity and relevance of a genre that well merits fresh attention.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Pamela A. Patton,author of \u003ci\u003eArt of Estrangement: Redefining Jews in Reconquest Spain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Mey-Yen Moriuchi’s book is a noteworthy contribution that expands our understanding of a significant genre of art production in nineteenth-century Mexico and wider Latin America. Its comprehensive approach makes it a valuable resource for specialists as well as for scholars and students unfamiliar with nineteenth-century Mexican art.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Ray Hernández-Durán \u003ci\u003eCAA.Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Racialized Social Spaces in Casta and Costumbrista Painting\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Traveler-Artists’ Visions of Mexico\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Literary Costumbrismo: Celebration and Satire of \u003ci\u003elos tipos populares\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Local Perspectives: Mexican Costumbrista Artists\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. Costumbrista Photography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pennsylvania State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400798314839,"sku":"9780271079073","price":86.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780271079073.jpg?v=1730471604","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/mexican-costumbrismo-race-society-and-identity-in-nineteenthcentury-art-9780271079073","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}