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Anita Brenner : A Mind of Her Own / Susannah Joel Glusker.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2013]Copyright date: 1998Description: 1 online resource (314 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780292759725
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 070/.092 B
LOC classification:
  • PN4973.B74G5 1998
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- contents -- Foreword -- Prologue -- An Abbreviated Chronology of Anita Brenner's Life -- Introduction -- one. Nana Serapia -- two. Mexico Welcomes Anita -- three. A Family of Artists and Intellectuals -- four. Sisters, Foes, and Role Models -- five. Moving On -- six. Harvesting Mexican Efforts -- seven. An Art Critic's Career Unfolds -- eight. Idols behind Altars -- nine. An Atypical Student -- ten. Flirtations, Relationships, and Love -- eleven. Your Mexican Holiday -- twelve. Identity, Commitment, and Activism -- thirteen. Full-fledged Menorah Journal Radical -- fourteen. Spain -- fifteen. Art Critic in the Thirties -- sixteen. A Radical Looks at Mexico: The Throttled Revolution -- seventeen. The Wind That Swept Mexico -- eighteen. Epilogue: New York, 1942 -- Appendixes -- Notes -- Anita Brenner Bibliography -- General Bibliography -- Index
Summary: Journalist, historian, anthropologist, art critic, and creative writer, Anita Brenner was one of Mexico's most discerning interpreters. Born to a Jewish immigrant family in Mexico a few years before the Revolution of 1910, she matured into an independent liberal who defended Mexico, workers, and all those who were treated unfairly, whatever their origin or nationality. In this book, her daughter, Susannah Glusker, traces Brenner's intellectual growth and achievements from the 1920s through the 1940s. Drawing on Brenner's unpublished journals and autobiographical novel, as well as on her published writing, Glusker describes the origin and impact of Brenner's three major books, Idols Behind Altars,Your Mexican Holiday, and The Wind That Swept Mexico. Along the way, Glusker traces Brenner's support of many liberal causes, including her championship of Mexico as a haven for Jewish immigrants in the early 1920s. This intellectual biography brings to light a complex, fascinating woman who bridged many worlds—the United States and Mexico, art and politics, professional work and family life.
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Frontmatter -- contents -- Foreword -- Prologue -- An Abbreviated Chronology of Anita Brenner's Life -- Introduction -- one. Nana Serapia -- two. Mexico Welcomes Anita -- three. A Family of Artists and Intellectuals -- four. Sisters, Foes, and Role Models -- five. Moving On -- six. Harvesting Mexican Efforts -- seven. An Art Critic's Career Unfolds -- eight. Idols behind Altars -- nine. An Atypical Student -- ten. Flirtations, Relationships, and Love -- eleven. Your Mexican Holiday -- twelve. Identity, Commitment, and Activism -- thirteen. Full-fledged Menorah Journal Radical -- fourteen. Spain -- fifteen. Art Critic in the Thirties -- sixteen. A Radical Looks at Mexico: The Throttled Revolution -- seventeen. The Wind That Swept Mexico -- eighteen. Epilogue: New York, 1942 -- Appendixes -- Notes -- Anita Brenner Bibliography -- General Bibliography -- Index

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Journalist, historian, anthropologist, art critic, and creative writer, Anita Brenner was one of Mexico's most discerning interpreters. Born to a Jewish immigrant family in Mexico a few years before the Revolution of 1910, she matured into an independent liberal who defended Mexico, workers, and all those who were treated unfairly, whatever their origin or nationality. In this book, her daughter, Susannah Glusker, traces Brenner's intellectual growth and achievements from the 1920s through the 1940s. Drawing on Brenner's unpublished journals and autobiographical novel, as well as on her published writing, Glusker describes the origin and impact of Brenner's three major books, Idols Behind Altars,Your Mexican Holiday, and The Wind That Swept Mexico. Along the way, Glusker traces Brenner's support of many liberal causes, including her championship of Mexico as a haven for Jewish immigrants in the early 1920s. This intellectual biography brings to light a complex, fascinating woman who bridged many worlds—the United States and Mexico, art and politics, professional work and family life.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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