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Mexican Icarus: Aviation and the Modernization of Mexican Identity, 1928-1960

Mexican Icarus: Aviation and the Modernization of Mexican Identity, 1928-1960

Soland, Peter B.

Hardcover

Series: Pitt Latin American

AviationMexican History

ISBN10: 0822947609
ISBN13: 9780822947608
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: May 30 2023
Pages: 256
Weight: 1.10
Height: 1.20 Width: 5.90 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
The development of aviation in Mexico reflected more than a pragmatic response to the material challenges brought on by the 1910 Revolution. It was also an effective symbol for promoting the aspirations of the new elite who attained prominence during the war and who fixated on technology as a measure of national progress. The politicians, industrialists, and cultural influencers in the media who made up this group molded the aviator into an avatar of modern citizenship. The figure of the pilot as a model citizen proved an adept vessel for disseminating the values championed by the official party of the Revolution and validating the technological determinism that underpinned its philosophy of development. At the same time, the archetype of the aviator camouflaged problematic aspects of the government's unification and development plans that displaced and exploited poor and Indigenous communities.

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