Representing Motherhood and Political Violence in Mexico: A Transnational Feminist Analysis of Más allá de la vanguardia: La transmaternidad (Beyond the Avant-Garde: Transmaternity)

No. Panggil :	eja-21-0735
Nama Orang :	Hernández, Alberto McKelligan






Penerbitan :	[Place of publication not identified] : Proquest - Crime Justice and Cyber Criminology, 2021

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Abstrak	This article analyzes the artistic production of Polvo de Gallina Negra (Black Hen Powder, PGN), a feminist art collective established by Mexican artists Maris Bustamante (b. 1949) and Mónica Mayer (b. 1954) in 1983. Even though scholars have examined the ways in which PGN contributed to the development of feminist art in Mexico, the existing studies have not emphasized how the collective explored political violence. To highlight this aspect of PGNs artistic practice, this article focuses on a mail art missive produced by Bustamante and Mayer as part of the extensive ¡MADRES! (Mothers!) (1983-1987) project. Mothers! served as a complex series of artistic interventions that focused on the personal and social significance of motherhood. As part of Mothers!, PGN developed humorous artistic performances they presented in public venues and national television. The collective also produced Egalité, Liberté, Maternité (Equality, Liberty, Motherhood) (1987), a series of six mail art missives that were distributed to journalists, feminist activists, and members of the art world. While Mothers! has received considerable attention from scholars in Mexico and abroad, most of the available literature focuses on PGNs artistic performances. In contrast, this article focuses on Más allá de la vanguadia: La transmaternidad (Beyond the Avant-Garde: Transmaternity) (1987), a mail art missive that explored the significance of motherhood after the massacre of Tlatelolco (1968) and the disappearances of political activists. Specifically, I employ the analytical framework developed by Chandra Talpade Mohanty, revealing how the activist and political context of Mexico affected PGNs mail art missive. Furthermore, I argue that PGN developed a form of feminist art that highlighted the specific challenges faced by Mexican women in the post-1968 era, even as the mail art missive also resonated with the efforts of feminist artists working in the United States. Through this analysis, I position PGNs mail art missive as a unique contribution to feminist art in a larger transnational field.
Entri Tambahan Nama Orang
001 Hak Akses (open/membership)	membership
Kata Kunci	Transnational feminism, Mexican feminism, Political violence, Feminist art, Motherhood, Mail art
ISSN
Tahun Terbit	2021
No. Induk	eja-21-0735
Entri Sumber Data	Proquest - Crime Justice and Cyber Criminology
Entri Utama Nama orang	Hernández, Alberto McKelligan
Volume, Nomor, Tahun dan Hlm.	vol. 22, no. 5, p. 38-56
Entri Utama Nama Badan
Barcode	eja-21-0735
Subjek Topik
Judul Utama	Representing Motherhood and Political Violence in Mexico: A Transnational Feminist Analysis of Más allá de la vanguardia: La transmaternidad (Beyond the Avant-Garde: Transmaternity)
Kode Bahasa	eng
Sumber Koleksi	Perpustakaan Nasional