Politics, gender, and the Mexican novel, 1968-1988 : beyond the pyramid

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Politics, gender, and the Mexican novel, 1968-1988 : beyond the pyramid

Cynthia Steele

(The Texas Pan American series)

University of Texas Press, 1992

1st ed

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-201) and index

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ISBN 9780292765306

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The student massacre at Tlatelolco in Mexico City on October 2, 1968, marked the beginning of an era of rapid social change in Mexico. In this illuminating study, Cynthia Steele explores how the writers of the next two decades responded to the massacre and to the social crisis it signaled in terms of political change and gender identity.
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: pbk ISBN 9780292776616

Description

The student massacre at Tlatelolco in Mexico City on October 2, 1968, marked the beginning of an era of rapid social change in Mexico. In this illuminating study, Cynthia Steele explores how the writers of the next two decades responded to the massacre and to the social crisis it signaled in terms of political change and gender identity.

Table of Contents

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

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