Abstract

RASHKIN, Elissa J.. La poesía estridentista: vanguardismo y compromiso social. Intersticios sociales [online]. 2012, n.4. ISSN 2007-4964.

The end of the combat phase of the Mexican Revolution in 1920 ushered in an era of renovation in diverse areas of cultural activity, and at the same time, saw the emergence of social movements based on the revolutionary ideals of freedom and social justice. The mass appeal of these movements reflected persistent conditions of inequality, but also the empowerment of oppressed groups and the formation of new collective identities. In this context, Stridentism (estridentismo) arose as a literary and artistic movement that broke with established aesthetic canons even as it promoted progressive social ideals. This article examines Stridentist poetry as part of a spectrum of leftist literature, in order to explore the multifaceted relationships between cultural and social vanguards as well as some of the many ways in which poets interpreted and expressed their identification with the Revolution during the turbulent 1920s.

Keywords : Stridentism; avant-gardes; social movements; Manuel Maples Arce; Mexican Revolution.

        · abstract in Spanish     · text in Spanish     · Spanish ( pdf )