{"product_id":"photographing-the-mexican-revolution-9780292735804","title":"Photographing the Mexican Revolution","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Mexican Revolution of 1910–1920 is among the world’s most visually documented revolutions. Coinciding with the birth of filmmaking and the increased mobility offered by the reflex camera, it received extraordinary coverage by photographers and cineastes—commercial and amateur, national and international. Many images of the Revolution remain iconic to this day—Francisco Villa galloping toward the camera; Villa lolling in the presidential chair next to Emiliano Zapata; and Zapata standing stolidly in \u003ci\u003echarro\u003c\/i\u003e raiment with a carbine in one hand and the other hand on a sword, to mention only a few. But the identities of those who created the thousands of extant images of the Mexican Revolution, and what their purposes were, remain a huge puzzle because photographers constantly plagiarized each other’s images.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this pathfinding book, acclaimed photography historian John Mraz carries out a monumental analysis of photographs produced during th\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMraz and his editor at the University of Texas Press have produced a highly readable and lavishly  illustrated book, perfect for a broad range of readers. With this book, advanced undergraduates will get an aesthetically rich and authoritatively narrated introduction to the Mexican Revolution, and graduate students will engage with the thinking of a pathbreaking historian of visual culture. * Hispanic American Historical Review *\u003cbr\u003eThe relationship between humans and their environment also plays a role in John Mraz's \u003ci\u003ePhotographing the Mexican Revolution,\u003c\/i\u003e which masterfully analyzes the work of revolutionary-era photographers. Widely considered the preeminent expert on the history of Mexican photography, Mraz compiles and interprets more than two hundred photographs from the 1910s, including many hitherto unknown images...For that reason alone, this is a book worth buying. * Latin American Research Review *\u003cbr\u003eHistorians of Mexican politics and society will benefit from this book’s synthesis of the latest research and original analysis. * Journal of Latin American Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1. The Porfiriato: From the Studio to the Street\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2. Representing the Revolution\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3. The Myth of the Casasolas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4. Learning to Photograph War\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 5. The Zapatista Movement and Southern Cameras\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 6. Photographing the Reaction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 7. The Caudillo of the Cameras?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 8. The Advantages of Photographing the Constitutionalist Movement\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEpilogue: The Icons of the Mexican Revolution\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400865915223,"sku":"9780292735804","price":31.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780292735804.jpg?v=1730471783","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/photographing-the-mexican-revolution-9780292735804","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}