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The National Body in Mexican Literature
Collective Challenges to Biopolitical Control
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The National Body in Mexican Literature
Collective Challenges to Biopolitical Control
About this book
The National Body in Mexican Literature presents a revisionist reading of the Mexican canon that challenges assumptions of State hegemony and national identity. It analyzes the representation of sick, disabled, and miraculously healed bodies in Mexican literature from 1940 to 1980 in narrative fiction by Vicente Leñero, Juan Rulfo, among others.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedicate
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction The National Body in Mexican Literature
- Chapter 1 Blindness in JosĂ© Revueltasâs Narrative at the Beginning of the Mexican Miracle (1940â1946)
- Chapter 2 Pedro PĂĄramoâs Bad Blood: Bare Life and Exclusion from the Mexican Miracle in Juan Rulfoâs Narrative (1946â1958)
- Chapter 3 The Mexican State, Indigenismo, and Mestizaje: Rosario Castellanosâs Oficio de Tinieblas and BalĂșn CanĂĄn (1957â1962)
- Chapter 4 A Mexican Savior Canât Work Miracles: Reflections on Post-1968 Mexico
- Conclusion Crowds on Mexico Cityâs Subway: The Ultimate Challenge
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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