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Tlatelolco Massacre, Mexico 1968, and the Emotional Triangle of Anger, Grief and Shame

Discourses of Truth(s)

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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In the aftermath of major violent events that affect many, we seek to know the ‘truth’ of what happened. Whatever ‘truth’ emerges relies heavily on the extent to which any text about a given event can stir our emotions – whether such texts are official sources or the ‘voice of the people’, we are more inclined to believe them if their words make us feel angry, sad or ashamed. If they fail to stir emotion, however, we will often discount them even when the reported information is the same. Victoria Carpenter analyses texts by the Mexican government, media and populace published after the Tlatelolco massacre of 2 October 1968, demonstrating how there is no strict division between their accounts of what happened and that, in fact, different sides in the conflict used similar and sometimes the same images and language to rouse emotions in the reader.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2018-08-06
Mått138 x 216 x 24 mm
Vikt340 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieIberian and Latin American Studies
Antal sidor288
FörlagUniversity of Wales Press
ISBN9781786832801

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Amerikas historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Historia inom Historia och arkeologi

The book is intended for scholars and students of Latin American literary and cultural studies, political theory, and Mexican history, literature and culture worldwide. It is also intended for a more general readership interested in the above subject areas. The book offers a comprehensive reading of the Tlatelolco massacre corpus of texts, both fictional and non-fictional, grounded in a novel combination of the theories of posthegemony and collective memory. It reveals hitherto unexplored link between the state and the public discourse when retelling the story of the massacre.

AcknowledgementsIntroduction: ‘2 October Is Not Forgotten’‘And All This Happened to Us’: Events of the Night of 2 October in the State and Public DiscoursesAffect and Reason: Analysis of the Massacre in the State and Public Discourses‘Unfortunate and Sad Fate’: Emotional Reaction to the Massacre in the State and Public DiscoursesConclusion: The Symbolic Value of ‘2 October’ Is Not ForgottenBibliographyList of TablesTable 1. Points of agreement, contention and grey areas in the state discourse (Ch. 2)Table 2. Points of agreement, contention and grey areas in the public discourse. (Ch. 2) Table 3. Archive components and associated emotions. (Ch. 5)