Dr. Zavala Publishes New Book: "Forging a Mexican People"

Pablo Zavala, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Languages and Cultures, is the author of a new book, Forging a Mexican People: Collective Subjectivities in Postrevolutionary Print Culture, 1917–1968, which is being published by the University of Arizona Press. The book shows how illustrated print culture helped to construct and deconstruct versions of “a people” in postrevolutionary Mexico. It uncovers the ways photographers, graphic artists, writers, and activists used print culture to challenge hegemonic conceptions of state-guided narratives and forge alternative collective subjectivities. Forging a Mexican People offers a fresh perspective on the sociopolitical landscape of postrevolutionary Mexico, revealing how cultural artifacts simultaneously crafted and reflected the people vis-à-vis different political and social categories. The book will be available for purchase in March of this year.