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Informationen zum Autor Nancy Deffebach is an art historian who specializes in modern and contemporary Latin American art. She holds a PhD from the University of Texas at Austin and has taught art history at San Diego State University, Georgia State University, Rice University, and the University of Houston. Klappentext Taking a comparative approach that facilitates new interpretations of their work, this study explores how the first Mexican women artists to achieve international recognition successfully challenged prevailing discourses about national identity and gender Zusammenfassung Taking a comparative approach that facilitates new interpretations of their work, this study explores how the first Mexican women artists to achieve international recognition successfully challenged prevailing discourses about national identity and gender Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart One: The Problem of the Hero1. Women on the Wire: Izquierdo's Images of Female Circus Performers2. Saints and Goddesses: Kahlo's Appropriations of Religious Iconography in Her Self-portraitsPart Two: Legitimating Traditions3. Revitalizing the Past: Precolumbian Figures from West Mexico in Kahlo's Paintings4. Kahlo's The Girl, the Moon and the Sun, 19425. Mother of the Maize: Izquierdo's Images of Rural Gardens with GranariesPart Three: The Wall of Resistance6. What Sex Is the City? Izquierdo's Aborted Mural ProjectPart Four: Still-Life Paintings7. Picantes pero sabrosas: Kahlo's Still-Life Paintings and Related Images8. Grain of Memory: Izquierdo's Paintings of Altars to the Virgin of SorrowsPart Five: Women's Rights in Modern Mexico9. Beyond the Canvas: Izquierdo, Kahlo, and Women's RightsConclusionBibliographyIndex
