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The 1970s Are History! Studying Post-1968 Mexican History, Ageeth Sluis, Louise Walker, Fernando Calderón, María Muñoz, Louise Walker, J. Waggoner
The 1970s Are History! Studying Post-1968 Mexican History, Ageeth Sluis, Louise Walker, Fernando Calderón, María Muñoz, Louise Walker, J. Waggoner
Ageeth Sluis
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Journeys To Self And Lessons Of Other: Carlos Castaneda, Indigenismo, And The Politics Of A New Age, Ageeth Sluis
Journeys To Self And Lessons Of Other: Carlos Castaneda, Indigenismo, And The Politics Of A New Age, Ageeth Sluis
Ageeth Sluis
During the 1960s and 1970s, Carlos Castaneda’s work on shamanism introduced a large international readership to Mexico at a time when the Americas saw pronounced socio-political and cultural changes: mounting social unrest, political instability, civil rights movements, the counterculture, and the sexual and other revolutions. While heavily criticized by contemporary scholars, Castaneda's work became instrumental in the construction of an imagined Mexico, which, in addition to drawing counterculture tourists, featured new ways of conceptualizing race and gender. Seeking to understand the Castaneda phenomenon within a larger transnational context, the study sheds light on how new conceptions of indigenous identity informed …
The Politics Of The Moving Image In Mexico After 1968, Ageeth Sluis, Melixa Abad-Izquirda, Melanie Huska, Anne Rubenstein, Erika Ramirez
The Politics Of The Moving Image In Mexico After 1968, Ageeth Sluis, Melixa Abad-Izquirda, Melanie Huska, Anne Rubenstein, Erika Ramirez
Ageeth Sluis
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Vea: Projecting Pornography In Mexico City, Transnational Bodies, And Acting Across The Sexual Frontier, Ageeth Sluis
Vea: Projecting Pornography In Mexico City, Transnational Bodies, And Acting Across The Sexual Frontier, Ageeth Sluis
Ageeth Sluis
This paper examines the articulation between the embodied city and changing gender norms in the wake of the Mexican Revolution, when the new state sought to reinvigorate and civilize Mexico City through urban reforms and public works. An analysis of the pornographic magazine Vea shows how views of "public women" were crucial to larger debates on gender and urbanization in Mexico City during the 1920s and 1930s. In the context of post World War I, a new, global ideal of the New Woman emerged through which women claimed both political and social mobility. Moreover, this ideology was articulated through a …
Gender Across Borders: Transnational Perspectives On Drugs, Department Stores, Feminists, And Adoption In The Americas, Ageeth Sluis
Gender Across Borders: Transnational Perspectives On Drugs, Department Stores, Feminists, And Adoption In The Americas, Ageeth Sluis
Ageeth Sluis
No abstract provided.