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Cover Essay: La Gente, Controllers of the Universe.

  • Published In: Technology & Culture, 2024, v. 65, n. 2. P. 437 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Soland, Peter 3 of 3

Abstract

Diego Rivera's mural El hombre controlador del universo (1934) can be read as foreshadowing the anxieties and optimisms about atomic power that shaped popular culture in Mexico during the nuclear age. In epic fashion, Rivera's vision affirms the agency of ordinary people in the face of a technological epoch while eerily anticipating the bipolarity of the Cold War, themes that would be revisited by Julián Soler in his film Santo contra Blue Demon en la Atlantida (1969), which bears out the prophecy of Rivera's mural. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Technology & Culture. 2024/04, Vol. 65, Issue 2, p437
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Arts and Entertainment
  • Publication Date:2024
  • ISSN:0040-165X
  • DOI:10.1353/tech.2024.a926310
  • Accession Number:177215788
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