Seen and Heard in Mexico: Children and Revolutionary Cultural Nationalism

by Elena Albarran and Elena Jackson Albarran

During the first two decades following the Mexican Revolution, children in the country gained unprecedented consideration as viable cultural critics, social actors, and subjects of reform. Not only did they become central to the reform agenda of the revolutionary nationalist government; they were also the beneficiaries of the largest percentage of the national budget.

While most historical accounts of postrevolutionary Mexico omit discussion...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803264860
• ISBN13: 9780803264861
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 414 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.4"