1968 Mexico

Constellations of Freedom and Democracy

Susana Draper

• Publisher: Duke University Press Books
• Year: 2018
• Print ISBN: 9781478001430, 9781478001010
• eBook ISBN: 9781478002499
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: 20th Century History
• Index: History

Recognizing the fiftieth anniversary of the protests, strikes, and violent struggles that formed the political and cultural backdrop of 1968 across Europe, the United States, and Latin America, Susana Draper offers a nuanced perspective of the 1968 movement in Mexico. She challenges the dominant cultural narrative of the movement that has emphasized the importance of the October 2nd Tlatelolco Massacre and the responses of male student leaders. From marginal cinema collectives to women's cooperative experiments, Draper reveals new archives of revolutionary participation that provide insight into how 1968 and its many afterlives are understood in Mexico and beyond. By giving voice to Mexican Marxist philosophers, political prisoners, and women who participated in the movement, Draper counters the canonical memorialization of 1968 by illustrating how many diverse voices inspired alternative forms of political participation. Given the current rise of social movements around the globe, in 1968 Mexico Draper provides a new framework to understand the events of 1968 in order to rethink the everyday existential, political, and philosophical problems of the present.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction. The Movement of 1968
• 1. The Philosophical and Literary Configuration of ’68: José Revueltas on Cognitive Democracy and Self-Management
• 2. The Effects of ’68 on Cinema: The Image as a Place of Political Intervention
• 3. Where are the Women of ’68? Fernanda Navarro and the Materialism of Uncomfortable Encounters
• 4. Remembrances from the Women’s Prison and the Popular Preparatory: Of Freedom and Imprisonment by Roberta “La Tita” Avendaño and Ovarimony by Gladys López Hernández
• Conclusion. ’68 After Ayotzinapa
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index