Literatures of the Americas: Shifting Perspectives in Literature and Culture since Tlatelolco

Rojo, Juan J.

Tracing the evolution of Mexican literary and cultural production following the Tlatelolco massacre, this book shows its progression from a homogeneous construct set on establishing the “true” history of Tlatelolco against the version of the State, to a more nuanced and complex series of historical narratives.  The initial representations of the events of 1968 were essentially limited to that of the State and that of the Consejo Nacional de Huelga (National Strike Council) and only later incorporated novels and films. Juan J. Rojo examines the manner in which films, posters, testimonios, and the Memorial del 68 expanded the boundaries of those initial articulations to a more democratic representation of key participants in the student movement of 1968.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2016-05-03

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781137559876

DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-55611-0

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 191