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Jo h n V alad ez. T H E W E D D I N G . 1985. O il p ast e l o n paper. 3 8 " x 5 0". C o u r t e sy o f t h e art ist . T h e artw ork o f Jo h n V alad ez is in every w ay realist ic. H is w ork o ft e n co n fr on t s an d r esp on d s t o v o lat ile issu es w ith in t h e C h ic a n o c o m ­ m u n it y su ch as se xu al t e n sion , d eat h , r acism , an d classism . In T h e W eddin g, “th e p ort ray al o f t h e m ot h er-in -law se ate d o n t h e w e d d in g d ress r ecast s t h e p at r iar ch al t e n e t s o f t h e w ed d in g cerem on y, as t h e d au gh er is sh ow n t o b e lo n g n o t t o h er fat h er b u t t o h e r m ot h er, an d sign ifies t h at t h e gr oo m is m arry in g n o t o n ly h is n ov ia, b u t t h e t r ain o f h e r en tire fam ilia, r ep r esen t ed by t h e m ot h e r ” (from A lic ia G asp ar d e A lb a, C h ican o A rt : In sid e/O u tsid e the M ast e r’s H o u se [1 99 8]). E n l i g h t e n m e n t I d e o l o g y a n d t h e C r i s i s o f W h i t e n e s s in F r a n c is B e r r ia n a n d C a b a l l e r o A n d r e a T i n n e m e y e r D u r in g t h e fir st p a r t o f t h e n in e t e e n t h ce n t u r y , t h e U .S . p u b lish ­ in g w o r ld c r e a t e d t h e d im e n o v e l, a n e w lit e r a r y fo r m c a p it a liz in g o n t h e n a t io n ’s r e la t iv e ly h ig h lit e r a c y r a t e a n d it s a p p e t it e fo r a d v e n t u r e a n d r o m a n c e sit u a t e d , a m o n g o t h e r t h in g s, o n t h e fr o n t ie r a n d t h e b a t t le fie ld s o f t h e M e x ic a n W a r ( 1 8 4 6 - 1 8 4 8 ) . T im o t h y F lin t ’s 1 8 2 6 d im e n o v e l Fran c is B e rr ian in it ia t e s t h is g e n r e a n d it s r o m...

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