The Uses of Failure in Mexican Literature and Identity / / John A. Ochoa.
While the concept of defeat in the Mexican literary canon is frequently acknowledged, it has rarely been explored in the fullness of the psychological and religious contexts that define this aspect of "mexicanidad." Going beyond the simple narrative of self-defeat, The Uses of Failure in M...
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Ochoa, John A., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Uses of Failure in Mexican Literature and Identity / John A. Ochoa. Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021] ©2005 1 online resource (256 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION. The Broken Monument, or Failure as a Source of Knowledge -- PART 1. THE CONQUEST: ‘‘THE PAPER WARRIOR’’ AT THE SOURCE -- CHAPTER 1. Education and Entropy in Bernal Díaz del Castillo’s War to Stop Time -- PART 2. VISIONS OF A NEW NATION -- CHAPTER 2. Compromised Free Markets in El Periquillo Sarniento: Teachers, Albureros, and Other Shouters -- CHAPTER 3. Alexander von Humboldt’s Work on Mexico, Cultural Allegory, and the Limits of Vision -- PART 3. THE REVOLUTION OF 1910 -- CHAPTER 4. José Vasconcelos and the Necessities of Failure -- PART 4. AT THE LIMITS: THE 1960S AND THE BORDER -- CHAPTER 5. The Threats of Collapse in Cambio de piel (or Fuentes the Frail) -- CHAPTER 6. Guillermo Gómez-Peña, Bordering on Madness and Performing Liminality -- CONCLUSION. General Santa Anna’s Leg and Other Failings -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star While the concept of defeat in the Mexican literary canon is frequently acknowledged, it has rarely been explored in the fullness of the psychological and religious contexts that define this aspect of "mexicanidad." Going beyond the simple narrative of self-defeat, The Uses of Failure in Mexican Literature and Identity presents a model of failure as a source of knowledge and renewed self-awareness. Studying the relationship between national identity and failure, John Ochoa revisits the foundational texts of Mexican intellectual and literary history, the "national monuments," and offers a new vision of the pivotal events that echo throughout Mexican aesthetics and politics. The Uses of Failure in Mexican Literature and Identity encompasses five centuries of thought, including the works of the Conquistador Bernal Díaz del Castillo, whose sixteenth-century True History of the Conquest of New Spain formed Spanish-speaking Mexico's early self-perceptions; José Vasconcelos, the essayist and politician who helped rebuild the nation after the Revolution of 1910; and the contemporary novelist Carlos Fuentes. A fascinating study of a nation's volatile journey towards a sense of self, The Uses of Failure elegantly weaves ethical issues, the philosophical implications of language, and a sociocritical examination of Latin American writing for a sparkling addition to the dialogue on global literature. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2022) Failure (Psychology) in literature. Literature and history Mexico. Mexican prose literature History and criticism. National characteristics, Mexican, in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110745344 https://doi.org/10.7560/705739 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780292797192 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780292797192/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION. The Broken Monument, or Failure as a Source of Knowledge -- PART 1. THE CONQUEST: ‘‘THE PAPER WARRIOR’’ AT THE SOURCE -- CHAPTER 1. Education and Entropy in Bernal Díaz del Castillo’s War to Stop Time -- PART 2. VISIONS OF A NEW NATION -- CHAPTER 2. Compromised Free Markets in El Periquillo Sarniento: Teachers, Albureros, and Other Shouters -- CHAPTER 3. Alexander von Humboldt’s Work on Mexico, Cultural Allegory, and the Limits of Vision -- PART 3. THE REVOLUTION OF 1910 -- CHAPTER 4. José Vasconcelos and the Necessities of Failure -- PART 4. AT THE LIMITS: THE 1960S AND THE BORDER -- CHAPTER 5. The Threats of Collapse in Cambio de piel (or Fuentes the Frail) -- CHAPTER 6. Guillermo Gómez-Peña, Bordering on Madness and Performing Liminality -- CONCLUSION. General Santa Anna’s Leg and Other Failings -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION. The Broken Monument, or Failure as a Source of Knowledge -- PART 1. THE CONQUEST: ‘‘THE PAPER WARRIOR’’ AT THE SOURCE -- CHAPTER 1. Education and Entropy in Bernal Díaz del Castillo’s War to Stop Time -- PART 2. VISIONS OF A NEW NATION -- CHAPTER 2. Compromised Free Markets in El Periquillo Sarniento: Teachers, Albureros, and Other Shouters -- CHAPTER 3. Alexander von Humboldt’s Work on Mexico, Cultural Allegory, and the Limits of Vision -- PART 3. THE REVOLUTION OF 1910 -- CHAPTER 4. José Vasconcelos and the Necessities of Failure -- PART 4. AT THE LIMITS: THE 1960S AND THE BORDER -- CHAPTER 5. The Threats of Collapse in Cambio de piel (or Fuentes the Frail) -- CHAPTER 6. Guillermo Gómez-Peña, Bordering on Madness and Performing Liminality -- CONCLUSION. General Santa Anna’s Leg and Other Failings -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index |
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