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Record Nr.

UNINA9910774784903321

Autore

Stephen Lynn

Titolo

Stories that make history : Mexico through Elena Poniatowska's crónicas / / Lynn Stephen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Durham ; ; London : , : Duke University Press, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

1-4780-9266-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (329 pages)

Disciplina

868.6409

Soggetti

Women authors, Mexican - 20th century

Authors, Mexican - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. On Testimony, Social Memory, and Strategic Emotional Political Communities in Elena Poniatowska's Crónicas -- 1. Mexico City's Growing Critical Public. News and Publishing, 1959-1985 -- 2. The 1968 Student Movement and Massacre -- 3. A History We Cannot Forget. The 1985 Earthquake, Civil Society, and a New Political Future -- 4. Engaging with the EZLN as a Writer and Public Intellectual -- 5. Amanecer en el Zócalo. Crónica, Diary, and Gendered Political Analysis -- 6. ¡Regrésenlos! The Forty-Three Disappeared Students from Ayotzinapa -- Conclusion. Telling Stories, Making History -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Lynn Stephen examines the writing of Elena Poniatowska, showing how it shaped Mexican political discourse and provides a unique way of understanding contemporary Mexican history, politics, and culture.