Stories that make history : : Mexico through Elena Poniatowska's crónicas / / Lynn Stephen.

Lynn Stephen examines the writing of Elena Poniatowska, showing how it shaped Mexican political discourse and provides a unique way of understanding contemporary Mexican history, politics, and culture.

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Place / Publishing House:Durham ;, London : : Duke University Press,, [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (329 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction. On Testimony, Social Memory, and Strategic Emotional Political Communities in Elena Poniatowska's Crónicas
  • 1. Mexico City's Growing Critical Public. News and Publishing, 1959-1985
  • 2. The 1968 Student Movement and Massacre
  • 3. A History We Cannot Forget. The 1985 Earthquake, Civil Society, and a New Political Future
  • 4. Engaging with the EZLN as a Writer and Public Intellectual
  • 5. Amanecer en el Zócalo. Crónica, Diary, and Gendered Political Analysis
  • 6. ¡Regrésenlos! The Forty-Three Disappeared Students from Ayotzinapa
  • Conclusion. Telling Stories, Making History
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.