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How Mexican writers responded to a 1968 student massacre.

Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Of Pyramids and Fleas: Mexican Narrative and the Crisis, 1968–1985
  • 2. Gender, Genre, and Authority: Hasta no verte Jesús mío (1969), by Elena Poniatowska
  • 3. The Novel as Pyramid: Palinuro de México (1977), by Fernando del Paso
  • 4. Commodification and Desire in the Wasteland: Las batallas en el desierto (1981), by José Emilio Pacheco
  • 5. Apocalypse and Patricide: Cerca del fuego (1986), by José Agustín
  • 6. Out of the Rubble: Mexican Narrative and Social Movements of the Late 1980s
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

Politics Gender and the Mexican Novel 196819

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      Publisher: MU - University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: 7/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780292776616, 978-0292776616
      ISBN10: 0292776616
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      How Mexican writers responded to a 1968 student massacre.

      Table of Contents
      • Acknowledgments
      • 1. Of Pyramids and Fleas: Mexican Narrative and the Crisis, 1968–1985
      • 2. Gender, Genre, and Authority: Hasta no verte Jesús mío (1969), by Elena Poniatowska
      • 3. The Novel as Pyramid: Palinuro de México (1977), by Fernando del Paso
      • 4. Commodification and Desire in the Wasteland: Las batallas en el desierto (1981), by José Emilio Pacheco
      • 5. Apocalypse and Patricide: Cerca del fuego (1986), by José Agustín
      • 6. Out of the Rubble: Mexican Narrative and Social Movements of the Late 1980s
      • Notes
      • Bibliography
      • Index

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