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Mexico City Reader by Ruben Gallo (2004, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherUniversity of Wisconsin Press

ISBN-10029919714X

ISBN-139780299197148

eBay Product ID (ePID)24038257874

Product Key Features

Book TitleMexico City Reader

Number of Pages280 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2004

TopicCaribbean & Latin American, Mexico

IllustratorYes

GenreTravel, Art, Literary Collections

AuthorRuben Gallo

Book SeriesThe Americas Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight17.7 Oz

Item Length8.9 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2004-016474

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition22

Reviews"In spite of its size, its proximity to the United States, and its extraordinarily vibrant cultural life, Mexico City remains almost invisible as a literary locale to North American readers who do not know Spanish. Ruben Gallo undertakes to fill this gap with his anthology of writings about the city, and he does so with great skill, insight, and verve."--Maarten van Delden, author ofCarlos Fuentes, Mexico, and Modernity, "Gathered under topical headings such as The Metro, Eating and Drinking, Corruption and Bureaucracy, Gallo has chosen some of the most engaging and lively chronicles of [Mexico City]."--Jean Franco, author ofThe Decline and Fall of the Lettered City: Latin America and the Cold War, "Gathered under topical headings such as The Metro, Eating and Drinking, Corruption and Bureaucracy, Gallo has chosen some of the most engaging and lively chronicles of [Mexico City]."-Jean Franco, author of The Decline and Fall of the Lettered City: Latin America and the Cold War, "In spite of its size, its proximity to the United States, and its extraordinarily vibrant cultural life, Mexico City remains almost invisible as a literary locale to North American readers who do not know Spanish. Rubén Gallo undertakes to fill this gap with his anthology of writings about the city, and he does so with great skill, insight, and verve."-Maarten van Delden, author of Carlos Fuentes, Mexico, and Modernity, "A must-read for anyone interested in the social and cultural pulse of modern Mexico City."-Clara Ricciardi,The Bloomsbury Review

Dewey Decimal917

SynopsisThe Mexico City Reader is an anthology of ""cronicas"" - short texts that are a cross between literary essay and urban reportage - about life in Mexico City today. This is not the ""City of Palaces"" of yesteryear, but the vibrant, chaotic, anarchic city of the 1980s and 1990s - the city of garbage mafias, corrupt ex-presidents, and spectacular crime. Taken together in all their variety, these texts form a mosiac of life in Mexico City. Like the visitor wandering through the city streets, the reader should expect to be constantly surprised. Mexico City is one of Latin America's cultural capitals, and one of the most vibrant urban spaces in the world. Like the streets of the city, The Mexico City Reader is brimming with life, crowded with flaneurs, flirtatious students, Indian dancers, food vendors, fortune tellers, political activists, and peasant protesters. The writers include expert theorists - a panoply of writers from Carlos Monsivais and Jorge Ibaguengoitia to Fabrizio Mejia Madrid and Juieta Garcia Gonzalez - brought together precisely because they are experienced practitioners of the city., An anthology of cronicas - short texts that are a cross between literary essays and urban reportage - about life in Mexico City today., The Mexico City Reader is an anthology of cronicas - short texts that are a cross between literary essay and urban reportage - about life in Mexico City today. This is not the City of Palaces of yesteryear, but the vibrant, chaotic, anarchic city of the 1980s and 1990s - the city of garbage mafias, corrupt ex-presidents, and spectacular crime. Taken together in all their variety, these texts form a mosiac of life in Mexico City. Like the visitor wandering through the city streets, the reader should expect to be constantly surprised. vibrant urban spaces in the world. Like the streets of the city, The Mexico City Reader is brimming with life, crowded with flaneurs, flirtatious students, Indian dancers, food vendors, fortune tellers, political activists, and peasant protesters. The writers include expert theorists - a panoply of writers from Carlos Monsivais and Jorge Ibaguengoitia to Fabrizio Mejia Madrid and Juieta Garcia Gonzalez - brought together precisely because they are experienced practitioners of the city.

LC Classification NumberF1386.2