A Xicana Re-Vision of Chicano Muralism
A Xicana Feminist Perspective: Xicana Re-Vision Photograph taken in 2011 of Gaby R. Gomez in front of Diego Rivera's mural, "History of Medicine in Mexico: The People's Demand for Better Health" (1953). This was the topic of my first Master's thesis, titled "Re-Conceptualizing Social Medicine in Diego Rivera's History of Medicine in Mexico: The People's Demand for Better Health Mural, Mexico City, 1953," finished in 2012 at UC Riverside. My Xicana Re-Vision of Chicano and Mexican Mural History As a Xicana feminist scholar contributing to a social art history that re-contextualizes Chicano muralism, I write about Chicano muralism using a Xicana feminist “re-vision.” My positionality as a first-generation Mexican American artist is an integral aspect of my visual analysis. I analyze Chicano muralism without strictly abiding to the standard of the three greats in Mexican muralism; Diego Rivera, David Siqueiros, and José Clemente Orozco. I am very
