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Cold War Exiles in Mexico
Rebecca Mina Schreiber
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Description for Cold War Exiles in Mexico
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 11 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 417.
The onset of the Cold War in the 1940s and 1950s precipitated the exile of many U.S. writers, artists, and filmmakers to Mexico. Rebecca M. Schreiber illuminates the work of these cultural exiles in Mexico City and Cuernavaca and reveals how their artistic collaborations formed a vital and effective culture of resistance.
As Schreiber recounts, the first exiles to arrive in Mexico after World War II were visual artists, many of them African-American, including Elizabeth Catlett, Charles White, and John Wilson. Individuals who were blacklisted from the Hollywood film industry, such as Dalton Trumbo and Hugo Butler, ... Read more
The onset of the Cold War in the 1940s and 1950s precipitated the exile of many U.S. writers, artists, and filmmakers to Mexico. Rebecca M. Schreiber illuminates the work of these cultural exiles in Mexico City and Cuernavaca and reveals how their artistic collaborations formed a vital and effective culture of resistance.
As Schreiber recounts, the first exiles to arrive in Mexico after World War II were visual artists, many of them African-American, including Elizabeth Catlett, Charles White, and John Wilson. Individuals who were blacklisted from the Hollywood film industry, such as Dalton Trumbo and Hugo Butler, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816643080
SKU
V9780816643080
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