Mary K. Coffey examines José Clemente Orozco's mural cycle Epic of American Civilization, which indicts history as complicit in colonial violence and questions the claims of Manifest Destiny in the United States and the Mexican desire to mend the wounds of conquest in pursuit of a postcolonial national project.
Mary K. Coffey examines José Clemente Orozco's mural cycle Epic of American Civilization, which indicts history as complicit in colonial violence and questions the claims of Manifest Destiny in the United States and the Mexican desire to mend the wounds of conquest in pursuit of a postcolonial national project.
List of Illustrations ix Preface xv Acknowledgments xvii Introduction 1 1. Orozco's Melancholy Dialectics 43 2. Colonial Melancholy and the Myth of Quetzalcoatl 79 3. American Modernity and the Play of Mourning 123 4. "Modern Industrial Man" and the Melancholy of Race in America 207 Conclusion 261 Notes 287 Bibliography 325 Index
List of Illustrations ix Preface xv Acknowledgments xvii Introduction 1 1. Orozco's Melancholy Dialectics 43 2. Colonial Melancholy and the Myth of Quetzalcoatl 79 3. American Modernity and the Play of Mourning 123 4. "Modern Industrial Man" and the Melancholy of Race in America 207 Conclusion 261 Notes 287 Bibliography 325 Index
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