CabaretistasandIndias Bonitas

Gender and Representations of Mexico in the Americas during the Cárdenas Era

Bibliographic Data

ID3308243
AuthorsAmelia M Kiddle (0009-0000-1356-3396, Wesleyan University, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume42
Issue2
Pages263-291
Publication date2010-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Latin American Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-216X • E-ISSN: 1469-767X
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0022216x10000441
OpenAlexW2169400572
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited11

This article examines the promotion of Mexico's national image in the Americas during the Cárdenas period, using as a starting point a scandal arising from a 1940 performance of Mexican dancers at a cabaret in Panama. Mexican diplomats found the show objectionable because it clashed with the image of women that they used in their efforts to raise the country's reputation abroad. By investigating these efforts, as well as the career of Eva Pérez Caro, the dance troupe's leader, the article contributes to our understanding of the relationship between gender, cultural performance and nationalism, and the role that they played in Mexico's foreign relations

Aesthetics · Art · Dance · Nationalism · Panama · Period (music · Political science · Promotion (chess · Reputation · Sociology · Visual arts · Cuban History and Society · Gender Studies · Latin American and Latino Studies · Law · Philippine History and Culture

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