Bugambilias

A comprehensive research of the history of art and culture in Aguascalientes during the 20th century, when culture was seen as an "investment" by the Mexican post-revolutionary governments. From a perspective of historiography in Mexico, the author examines the power in the construction of aesthetic cultures, in particular the relationship between the region and the "center" (Mexico City) in the years following the 1940's. The book fills a gap left by the early studies of post-revolutionary aesthetics (social realism, muralism, etc) that created a dominant and centralized voice of what was happening then in the Mexican art scene, while ignoring the local artistic, architectonic and cultural contributions of Aguascalientes.