You may have to Search all our reviewed books and magazines, click the sign up button below to create a free account.
With the war between the Mexican state and the drug traffickers operating within its borders having claimed over 70,000 lives since 2006, noted journalist and author Michael Deibert zeroes in on the story of the notorious Gulf Cartel, their deadly war with their former allies Los Zetas, the cartel's connections in Mexican politics and what its trajectory means for Mexico’s--and America’s--future. Punctuated by the disappearance of busloads of full of people from Mexican highways, heavy-weapon firefights in once-picturesque colonial towns and the discovery of mass graves, nowhere has the violence of Mexico’s drug war been more intense than directly across the border from East Texas, the...
Novelas, poesías, cuentos, piezas teatrales, calendarios, crónicas, editoriales, reportajes de nota roja, volantes, historias, diarios, proclamas o discursos políticos, todos ellos forman parte de la cultura escrita del México decimonónico. Es una cultura escrita que no estaba parcelada en géneros, pues resultaba sumamente difusa la línea que separaba el discurso político de la historia; la historia de la literatura; la literatura del periodismo; el periodismo de la hoja volante, y la hoja volante del discurso político. Tampoco estaba parcelada en autores, pues unos y otros escribían en diferentes medios y con diferentes estilos. Además, la pluma se sumó al sable en la construcci...
"¿Entiendes?" is literally translated as "Do you understand? Do you get it?" But those who do "get it" will also hear within this question a subtler meaning: "Are you queer? Are you one of us?" The issues of gay and lesbian identity represented by this question are explored for the first time in the context of Spanish and Hispanic literature in this groundbreaking anthology. Combining intimate knowledge of Spanish-speaking cultures with contemporary queer theory, these essays address texts that share both a common language and a concern with lesbian, gay, and bisexual identities. Using a variety of approaches, the contributors tease the homoerotic messages out of a wide range of works, from...
None
This volume features approximately 600 entries that represent the major writers, literary schools, and cultural movements in the history of Mexican literature. A collaborative effort by American, Mexican, and Hispanic scholars, the text contains bibliographical, biographical, and critical material--placing each work cited within its cultural and historical framework. Intended to enrich the English-speaking public's appreciation of the rich diversity of Mexican literature, works are selected on the basis of their contribution toward an understanding of this unique artistry. The dictionary contains entries keyed by author and works, the length of each entry determined by the relative significa...
None