Imagining la Chica Moderna

"Joanne Hershfield's book will become an essential reference guide for unpacking "la chica moderna "as a central trope of postrevolutionary Mexican society. By demonstrating the ways that 'the modern girl' was simultaneously cosmopolitan and native, Hershfield makes sense of the seemingly out-of-place phenomenon of the 'Mexican flapper' and her multiple meanings within the project of Mexican nationhood."--Eric Zolov, author of "Refried Elvis: The Rise of the Mexican Counterculture"