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A Displacement Of The Self: How Manuel Alvarez Bravo Uses Hair To Represent The Reassertion Of An Indigenous Feminine Identity In Postrevolutionary Mexico, Brooke Lashley

Augsburg Honors Review

Many artworks created during the Mexican Revolution (1910-1940) and in the years immediately following it contained nationalist themes that served to reinforce the importance of maintaining a traditional Mexican identity amongst the Mexican people. As a result, many Mexican artists questioned such traditional representations. This can be seen in images of Mexican women that depict them within the perimeters of an idealized traditional Mexican aesthetic. However, as a burgeoning feminist agenda arose, women were urged to present themselves as free from the oft-oppressing patriarchal traditions of Mexico's past. Now choosing between the ideologies of their pasts and promises of a …