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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792186103321

Autore

Pensado Jaime M. <1972->

Titolo

Rebel Mexico [[electronic resource] ] : student unrest and authoritarian political culture during the long sixties / / Jaime M. Pensado

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, California, : Stanford University Press, 2013

ISBN

0-8047-8729-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (358 p.)

Disciplina

378.1/981097209046

Soggetti

Students - Political activity - Mexico - History - 20th century

Student movements - Mexico - History - 20th century

Political culture - Mexico - History - 20th century

Mexico Politics and government 1946-1970

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Key Acronyms; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. Prelude to the Sixties: Youth Unrest and Resistance to Postwar "National Identity"; 1. Conflicting Interpretations of Mexico's "Economic Miracle"; 2. Fun and Politics in Postwar Mexico; Part II. The Rise of Mexico's "Student Problem" and the Consolidation of "Charrismo Estudiantil" in the Early Sixties; 3. "¿Manos Extrañas?": The 1956 Student Protest and the "Crisis" of Authority; 4. The Re-establishment of Authority; 5. The 1958 Student Movement and the Origins of Mexico's New Left

Part III. Student Unrest and Response in the Aftermath of the Cuban Revolution6. Contested Notions of Revolution; 7. "No More Fun and Games": From Porristas to Porros; 8. Conservative Mexican Exceptionalism: Body Politics and the "Wound" of '68; Conclusion: The End of an Era; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In the middle of the twentieth century, a growing tide of student activism in Mexico reached a level that could not be ignored, culminating with the 1968 movement. This book traces the rise, growth, and consequences of Mexico's ""student problem"" during the long sixties (1956-1971). Historian Jaime M. Pensado closely analyzes student politics and youth culture during this period, as well as reactions to them on the part of competing actors. Examining student



unrest and youthful militancy in the forms of sponsored student thuggery (porrismo), provocation, clientelism (charrismo