Stories that make history : Mexico through Elena Poniatowska's crónicas /
"From covering the massacre of students at Tlatelolco in 1968 and the 1985 earthquake to the Zapatista rebellion in 1994 and the disappearance of forty-three students in 2014, Elena Poniatowska has been one of the most important chroniclers of Mexican social, cultural, and political life. In St...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Durham :
Duke University Press,
2021.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | "From covering the massacre of students at Tlatelolco in 1968 and the 1985 earthquake to the Zapatista rebellion in 1994 and the disappearance of forty-three students in 2014, Elena Poniatowska has been one of the most important chroniclers of Mexican social, cultural, and political life. In Stories That Make History, Lynn Stephen examines Poniatowska's writing, activism, and political participation, using them as a lens through which to understand critical moments in contemporary Mexican history. In her crónicas-narrative journalism written in a literary style featuring firsthand testimonies-Poniatowska told the stories of Mexico's most marginalized people. Throughout, Stephen shows how Poniatowska helped shape Mexican politics and forge a multigenerational political community committed to social justice. In so doing, she presents a biographical and intellectual history of one of Mexico's most cherished writers and a unique history of modern Mexico"--Duke University Press website, viewed March 31, 2023. "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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| Item Description: | OAPEN Library |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 312 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781478021940 1478021942 9781478092667 1478092661 |
