Bøger af Claudia Schaefer

Frida Kahlo was born in 1907 to parents of German and Spanish descent, in Coyoacan, outside Mexico City. After contracting polio at age six, Frida also suffered severe injuries in a bus accident. Her time spent in recovery turned her toward a painting career. These experiences, combined with a difficult marriage to the artist Diego Rivera, generated vibrant works depicting Frida's experiences with pain as well as the symbolism and spirit of Mexican culture. Though she died in 1954, interest in her work continues to grow, with museum exhibitions and publications around the world. This biography will introduce art students and adult readers to one of the Latino culture's most beloved artists.In 2002, the film Frida introduced the artist and her works to a new audience. In 2007, the 100th anniversary of Kahlo's birth, a major exhibition of her work was held at the Museum of the Fine Arts Palace in Mexico. In 2007 through 2008, another major exhibition began its journey to museums throughout the United States.

Homosexuality has appeared as a secondary theme in the fictional works of numerous mainstream writers in contemporary Mexico. Here, the author deals with issues of gender identity when they emerge as metaphorical red flags signaling cultural danger zones along the path to harmonious national discourse. By focusing on the representation of homosexuality in a variety of texts produced between 1964 and 1994, the book also delineates complex relationships within Mexican society. Contents: 1. El diario de JosA(c) Toledo: The Fantasies of a Middle-Class Bureaucrat2. The Power of Subversive Imagination: Utopian Discourse in the Novels of Luis Zapata and JosA(c) Rafael Calva3. On the Cutting Edge: El jinete azul and the Aesthetics of the Abyss4. Monobodies, Antibodies, and the Body Politic: Sara Levi CalderA3nas Dos mujeres5. Just Another Material Girl? La hermana secreta de AngA(c)lica MarA-a and the Seduction of the Popular6. From "Infernal Realms of Delinquency" to Cozy CabaAas in Cuernavaca: JosA(c) JoaquA-n Blancoas Visions of Homosexuality