{"product_id":"uncivil-wars-9780292754287","title":"Uncivil Wars","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first English-language book to place the works of Elena Garro (1916–1998) and Octavio Paz (1914–1998) in dialogue with each other, \u003ci\u003eUncivil Wars\u003c\/i\u003e evokes the lives of two celebrated literary figures who wrote about many of the same experiences and contributed to the formation of Mexican national identity but were judged quite differently, primarily because of gender.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile Paz’s privileged, prize-winning legacy has endured worldwide, Garro’s literary gifts garnered no international prizes and received less attention in Latin American literary circles. Restoring a dual perspective on these two dynamic writers and their world, \u003ci\u003eUncivil Wars\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles a collective memory of wars that shaped Mexico, and in turn shaped Garro and Paz, from the Conquest period to the Mexican Revolution; the Spanish Civil War, which the couple witnessed while traveling abroad; and the student massacre at Tlatelolco Plaza in 1968, which brought about social and po\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"...[A] book of great importance for Latin American Literature scholars...\" - Hispania\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContents\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter One. Introduction: Uncivil Wars\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Two. All in the Family: Paz and Garro Rewrite Mexico’s Cultural Memory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Three. War at Home: Betrayals of\/in the Mexican Revolution\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Four. Love and War Don’t Mix: Garro and Paz in the Spanish Civil War\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Five. Tlatelolco: The Undeclared War\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Six. From Civil War to Gender War: The Battle of the Sexes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400875417943,"sku":"9780292754287","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780292754287.jpg?v=1730471812","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/uncivil-wars-9780292754287","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}