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Book SynopsisIn
Portrait of a Young Painter, the distinguished historian Mary Kay Vaughan adopts a biographical approach to understanding the culture surrounding the Mexico City youth rebellion of the 1960s by chronicling the life of painter Pepe Zúñiga.
Trade Review"The last several years have revealed the start of a remarkable ferment among historians of postrevolutionary, and especially of post-1945, Mexico....Mary Kay Vaughan’s beautifully written, masterful new book,
Portrait of a Young Painter, is situated precisely at the interstices of this historiographical revisionism." -- Eric Zolov * Hispanic American Historical Review *
"Mary Kay Vaughan’s
Portrait of a Young Painter is an extraordinary contribution to the literature on the Latin American sixties.... It will be mandatory reading on the sixties, an era of transforming subjectivities worldwide." -- Valeria Manzano * American Historical Review *
"Scholars will gain much from reading this smartly written, imaginative study. Skillfully revealing the complex, multilayered worlds that Zúñiga inhabited, Vaughan opens the door to a greater understanding of Mexico's 1960s youth rebellion. This powerful analysis will contribute significantly to the field, but also should point to new ways of writing history." -- Stephanie J. Smith * The Americas *
"Vaughan’s book suggests that the roots of political resistance in Mexico can be profitably explored at the level of individual subjectivity, and her work should influence future scholarship by Mexicanists and historians of youth movements in Latin America and beyond." -- Rachel Grace Newman * Journal of Latin American Studies *
"Mary Kay Vaughan’s biography of Mexican painter Pepe Zúñiga is a labor of love and friendship." -- Robert M. Buffington * EIAL *
“Vaughan writes a lively, inspired, and extremely detailed cultural history of Mexico City’s urban culture between 1940 and 1970. . . . She writes with empathy, intelligence, and humor.” -- Rubén Gallo * Latin American Research Review *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
1. Lupe's Voice 29
2. Enchanting City / Magical Radio 44
3. Pepe at School and with God, the Virgin, and the Saints 58
4. My Father, My Teacher 78
5. The Zúñiga Family as a Radionovela 98
6. "How Difficult Is Adolescence!" 127
7. "Five Pesos, Two Pencils, and an Eraser!" 145
8. Exuberant Interlude: Painting at the Museo de Antropología 173
9. Private Struggle / Public Protest: 1965–1972 184
10. Subjectivity and the Public Sphere: The Mature Art of José (Pepe) Zúñiga 212
Notes 241
Bibliography 259
Index 279
