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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463763403321

Titolo

Colonial itineraries of contemporary Mexico : literary and cultural inquiries / / edited by Oswaldo Estrada and Anna M. Nogar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tucson, Arizona : , : The University of Arizona Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-8165-9875-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (328 p.)

Disciplina

860.9/97209051

Soggetti

Mexican literature - 21st century - History and criticism

Historical fiction, Mexican - History and criticism

Colonies in literature

Politics in literature

Motion pictures - Mexico - History - 21st century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

"This book discusses rewritings of the Mexican colonia to question present-day realities of marginality and inequality, imposed political domination, and hybrid subjectivities. Critics examine literature and films produced in and around Mexico since 2000 to broaden our understanding beyond the theories of the new historical novel and upend the notion of the novel as the sole re-creative genre"--