Translating Modern Mexico: Culture and the Press (1880 – 1940)
February 3, 2023, 1 p.m. – 3:50 p.m. in Krieger Hall 126
Join us for brief presentations and a conversation with
Dr. Viviane Mahieux (UCI)
Dr. Yanna Hadatty (UNAM)
Dr. Leopoldo Peña (Independent Scholar)
Description: The revolutionary politics of late nineteenth and early twentieth-century Mexico demanded a creative and brave community of writers, filmmakers, visual artists, and poets who documented the transformative politics, technological innovations, and shifting reading practices of this foundational era. Translating monumental world events including the Mexican Revolution and its resulting state apparatus, this discussion brings together scholars of Mexico’s modern journalism culture who have produced the volume, Las Culturas de la Prensa.
Participants are invited to join the Workshop in Latin American and Caribbean Studies Humanities 265B (the core course for the Latin American Studies Graduate Emphasis) for a discussion of this publication. Please contact Rachel O’Toole for the reading including
Rubén Gallo, "Media and modernity in Mexico" Mexican Modernity: The Avant-Garde and the Technological Revolution. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2005
Joanne Hershfield, "Visualizing the Nation" Imagining la Chica Moderna: Women, Nation, and Visual Culture in Mexico, 1917-1936. Durham: Duke University Press, 2008: Chapter 1
And selected chapters from Las Culturas de la prensa en México (1880-1940) México: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Filológicas, 2022
For disabilities accommodations, questions, and information please contact: Rachel O'Toole rotoole@uci.edu
Sponsored by: International Center for Writing and Translation (ICWT), the UCI Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies, and the UCI History Department