Cult of Defeat in Mexico’s Historical Fiction

Failure, Trauma, and Loss

AvB. Price

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

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Beskrivning

Cult of Defeat in Mexico's Historical Fiction: Failure, Trauma, and Loss examines recent Mexican historical novels that highlight the mistakes of the nineteenth century for the purpose of responding to present crises.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-06-08
Mått:140 x 216 x 13 mm
Vikt:266 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:189
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9781349435661

Utforska kategorier

Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Amerikas historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur

Mer om författaren

Brian L. Price is Associate Professor of Spanish at Brigham Young University, USA.

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"Elegantly written and meticulously researched, Brian Price's Cult of Defeat in Mexico's Historical Fiction provides an original perspective on this important literary tendency within the context of modern-day Mexico." - Kristine Ibsen, Michael P. Grace II Professor of Latin American Studies, University of Notre Dame

Innehållsförteckning

The Stellar Moments of Mexican History and the Rhetoric of Failure A Mexican Comedy of Errors in Jorge Ibargüengoitia's Self-Correcting Independence History Cross-Dressing the Second Empire in Fernando del Paso's Noticias del Imperio The Voices of the Master in Enrique Serna's El Seductor de la Patria Paralysis and Redemption in Three Novels about the Mexican-American War Bicentennial Reflections on Failure