LEADER 04060nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910817460003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-292-79719-2 024 7 $a10.7560/705739 035 $a(CKB)1000000000454142 035 $a(OCoLC)614535369 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10245787 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000266062 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11225160 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000266062 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10319098 035 $a(PQKB)10586301 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443300 035 $a(OCoLC)60745525 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse2130 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3443300 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10245787 035 $a(DE-B1597)586888 035 $a(OCoLC)1280945521 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292797192 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000454142 100 $a20040205d2004 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe uses of failure in Mexican literature and identity /$fby John A. Ochoa 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAustin $cUniversity of Texas Press$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (257 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-292-70573-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [219]-232) and index. 327 $aEducation and entropy in Bernal Diaz del Castillo's War to stop time -- Compromised free markets in El Periquillo Sarniento : teachers, albureros, and other shouters -- Alexander von Humboldt's work on Mexico : cultural allegory, and the limits of vision -- Jose Vasconcelos and the necessities of failure -- The threats of collapse in Cambio de piel (or Fuentes the frail) -- Guillermo Gomez-Pena : bordering on madness and performing liminality -- General Santa Anna's leg and other failings. 330 $aWhile the concept of defeat in the Mexican literary canon is frequently acknowledged, it has rarely been explored in the fullness of the psychological and religious contexts that define this aspect of "mexicanidad." Going beyond the simple narrative of self-defeat, The Uses of Failure in Mexican Literature and Identity presents a model of failure as a source of knowledge and renewed self-awareness. Studying the relationship between national identity and failure, John Ochoa revisits the foundational texts of Mexican intellectual and literary history, the "national monuments," and offers a new vision of the pivotal events that echo throughout Mexican aesthetics and politics. The Uses of Failure in Mexican Literature and Identity encompasses five centuries of thought, including the works of the Conquistador Bernal Díaz del Castillo, whose sixteenth-century True History of the Conquest of New Spain formed Spanish-speaking Mexico's early self-perceptions; José Vasconcelos, the essayist and politician who helped rebuild the nation after the Revolution of 1910; and the contemporary novelist Carlos Fuentes. A fascinating study of a nation's volatile journey towards a sense of self, The Uses of Failure elegantly weaves ethical issues, the philosophical implications of language, and a sociocritical examination of Latin American writing for a sparkling addition to the dialogue on global literature. 606 $aMexican prose literature$xHistory and criticism 606 $aFailure (Psychology) in literature 606 $aNational characteristics, Mexican, in literature 606 $aLiterature and history$zMexico 607 $aMexico$xHistoriography 615 0$aMexican prose literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aFailure (Psychology) in literature. 615 0$aNational characteristics, Mexican, in literature. 615 0$aLiterature and history 676 $a860.9/353 700 $aOchoa$b John A$g(John Andres),$f1967-$01482870 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910817460003321 996 $aThe uses of failure in Mexican literature and identity$94073560 997 $aUNINA