Carlos Monsiváis – författare

This critical anthology of writings by Carlos Monsiváis represents a foundational set of texts by an exceptional (yet under‑translated) Mexican cultural critic. Fatefully, Faithfully Feminist situates the urgencies of social movements as they developed in real time. The essays span from 1973 to 2008 and analyze the role of women in a patriarchal culture from pre‑Colombian times to the present. This critical edition offers extensive annotation and cultural background to understand the cogent, but particularly Mexican, arguments that MonsivÁis makes, many of which are extremely relevant in today's political economy in the U.S. and the world.

This critical anthology of writings by Carlos Monsiváis represents a foundational set of texts by an exceptional (yet under‑translated) Mexican cultural critic. Fatefully, Faithfully Feminist situates the urgencies of social movements as they developed in real time. The essays span from 1973 to 2008 and analyze the role of women in a patriarchal culture from pre‑Colombian times to the present. This critical edition offers extensive annotation and cultural background to understand the cogent, but particularly Mexican, arguments that MonsivÁis makes, many of which are extremely relevant in today's political economy in the U.S. and the world.

Carlos Monsiváis is one of Latin America's most prescient and prolific social commentators. In this, the first English translation of his work, he presents an extraordinary chronicle of contemporary life south of the Rio Grande, which ranges over pop music, Latino hip hop, film stars such as Cantinflas and Dolores del Rio, the writer Juan Rulfo, life on the border with the United States, boleros and melodrama.Monsiváis's chronicles are theoretically informed but are crammed with people rather than abstractions. They make points of deadly seriousness in a voice which is laconic, satirical and humorous, and which is often written in the register of his subjects. Monsiváis draws on a deep understanding of Mexico's cultural histories-popular, mass and high-and notes the fascinating ways in which they interact to transform each other. The conflicts between Mexican and North American culture and between modern and traditional ways of life are constant themes of his investigations.A dazzling mixture of reportage, narrative and biting social criticism, Mexican Postcards is certain to establish Monsiváis's rightful place in the pantheon of Latin America's greatest writers.

Analista infatigable de los aspectos más variados de la cultura mexicana, desde nuestro cine y producción musical hasta la lucha por la diversidad sexual y la organización política en los sectores populares, Carlos Monsiváis fue asimismo un gran conocedor y divulgador de nuestra literatura. Un claro ejemplo de su visión y capacidad crítica y explicativa fue esta Antología, que desde sus ediciones originales, en 1979 y 1985, resultó un hito en la divulgación e interpretación de la lírica del siglo xx.Sucinta y generosa a la vez, la introducción a este volumen es un modelo de síntesis y ojo clínico, escrito desde el conocimiento profundo de la vitalidad de nuestra poesía y sus contextos de producción y difusión (el porfirito, la Revolución, la pugna entre nacionalismo y cosmopolitismo, las revistas como espacios generacionales de polémica, la respuesta al movimiento del 68).Los cuarenta y tres autores seleccionados demuestran la vitalidad, variedad y originalidad de la poesía del siglo xx mexicano. A su vez, la introducción y las notas retratan de cuerpo entero a un irreemplazable lector, crítico y editor de nuestras letras.