Jörgensen Documents in Crisis

Nonfiction Literatures in Twentieth-Century Mexico
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4384-3940-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian Thought and Culture

Examines the theory and practice of nonfiction narrative literature in twentieth-century Mexico.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jörgensen, Beth E.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Romanische Literaturen Lateinamerikanische Literaturen, Spanische Literatur außerhalb Europas

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. The Distinction of Nonfiction: Toward a Theoretical Framework

2. Writing the Mexican Revolution of 1910

3. Living Stories, Telling Lives: Autobiographical Writings of José Vasconcelos and María Luisa Puga

4. Life Writing from a Popular Perspective

5. Chronicling Crisis: Late Twentieth-Century Manifestations of the Literature of Encounter

6. Making History: Subcomandante Marcos in the Mexican Chronicle

Conclusions: Thinking Back, Looking Ahead

Notes
Works Cited
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Beth E. Jörgensen is Professor of Spanish at the University of Rochester. Her books include (with coeditor Ignacio Corona) The Contemporary Mexican Chronicle: Theoretical Perspectives on the Liminal Genre, also published by SUNY Press; The Writing of Elena Poniatowska: Engaging Dialogues; and a new rendition, with notes, of Mariano Azuela's The Underdogs: A Novel of the Mexican Revolution.