Confronting History and Modernity in Mexican Narrative

by E. Guerrero

Overview

Guerrero focuses on a selection of Mexican historical novels that are particularly revealing of literary trends during the last three decades. The study addresses the balancing act of Mexican writers as they trace a national identity in the face of globalization and respond to modernization on their own terms.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230606371
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	09/29/2008
Series:	New Directions in Latino American Cultures
Edition description:	2008
Pages:	180
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

ELISABETH GUERRERO is Associate Professor of Spanish at Bucknell University, USA.

Table of Contents

Introduction Humanizing the Hero Highlighting Women in History Mourning the European Legacy Redemption of the Present Conclusion

Editorial Reviews

"The analysis is lucid, insightful, and far-reaching, covering themes of memory, inquisition, conquest, power, syncretism, transculturation, biopolitics, and ecology... Recommended." - CHOICE

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