Contemporary Mexican Chronicle

Theoretical Perspectives on the Liminal Genre

Häftad, Engelska, 2002

Av Ignacio Corona, Beth E. Jörgensen, Beth E Jörgensen

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Diverse perspectives on the "chronicle"as a literary genre and socio-cultural practice.The crónica, or chronicle, which crosses the boundaries between fiction and nonfiction, literature and journalism, is a highly polemical and widely read form of writing in Mexico and throughout Latin America, where it plays an influential cultural, social, and historical role. For the first time, this book addresses the theory and practice of the chronicle in twentieth-century Mexico. Contributions by Mexican writers such as Carlos Monsiváis and Elena Poniatowska and essays on a wide range of texts and authors provide diverse perspectives on the chronicle as a literary genre and as a cultural and social practice.

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Utgivningsdatum2002-08-01
Mått154 x 227 x 15 mm
Vikt372 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieSUNY series in Latin American and Iberian Thought and Culture
Antal sidor280
FörlagState University of New York Press
ISBN9780791453544

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Acknowledgments IntroductionIgnacio Corona and Beth E. Jorgensen Part I. Chronicle Writing: Reflections on Contemporary Practice 1. On the Chronicle in MexicoCarlos Monsivais 2. How I Started Writing Chronicles and Why I Never StoppedElena Poniatowska 3. Patience and UrgencyDante Medina 4. Border(line) Texts: The Chronicle, Writing in the OpenRossana Reguillo 5. Questioning the ChronicleJose Joaquin Blanco, Vicente Lenero, and Juan Villoro Part II. Theoretical Perspectives on the Liminal Genre 6. Matters of Fact: The Contemporary Mexican Chronicle and/as Nonfiction NarrativeBeth E. Jorgensen 7. Play on Words: Chronicling the EssayLinda Egan 8. At the Intersection: Chronicle and EthnographyIgnacio Corona 9. Modernismo, Journalism, and the Ethics of Writing: Manuel Gutierrz Najera's "La hija del aire"Anibal Gonzalez 10. Writing the City: The Chronicles of Salvador NovoMary K. Long 11. Walking in the Modern City: Subjectivity and Cultural Contacts in the Urban Cronicas of Salvador Novo and Carlos MonsivaisJuan G. Gelpi 12. Christina Pacheco's Narratives: Multimedia ChroniclesDawn Slack Afterword IntroductionIgnacio Coronoa and Beth E. Jorgensen The Rainforest Chronicles of Subcomandante MarcosCynthia Steele Contributors' BiographiesIndex

"It is amazing that there are almost no studies of the genre of the 'crónica.' The radical reformulation of the essay format and sharp analytic commentaries about contemporary Mexico have made crónica one of the most signal genres of the late twentieth century. This book provides a thorough introduction, tracing the crónica's historical roots, giving a very well conceived argument about the contributions of the contemporary crónica, along with close readings of specific texts. This volume fills an important gap and will become a standard reference." — Debra A. Castillo, author of Easy Women: Sex and Gender in Modern Mexican Fiction