The Contemporary Mexican Chronicle - Theoretical Perspectives on the Liminal Genre

Diverse perspectives on the "chronicle"as a literary genre and socio-cultural practice.
The crónica, or chronicle, which crosses the boundaries between fiction and nonfiction, literature and journalism, is a highly polemical and widely read form of writing in Mexico and throughout Latin America, where it plays an influential cultural, social, and historical role. For the first time, this book addresses the theory and practice of the chronicle in twentieth-century Mexico. Contributions by Mexican writers such as Carlos Monsiváis and Elena Poniatowska and essays on a wide range of texts and authors provide diverse perspectives on the chronicle as a literary genre and as a cultural and social practice.

About the author

Beth E. Jörgensen is Professor of Spanish at the University of Rochester. Her books include (with coeditor Ignacio Corona) The Contemporary Mexican Chronicle: Theoretical Perspectives on the Liminal Genre, also published by SUNY Press; The Writing of Elena Poniatowska: Engaging Dialogues; and a new rendition, with notes, of Mariano Azuela's The Underdogs: A Novel of the Mexican Revolution.

Product details

• Assisted by: Ignacio Corona (Editor), Beth E. Jorgensen (Editor), Beth E Jörgensen (Editor), Beth E. Jörgensen (Editor)
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.2002
• EAN: 9780791453537
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-5353-7
• No. of pages: 280
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 476 g
• Series: Suny Series on Sport, Culture,; Suny Series on Sport, Culture,; Suny Latin American and Iberia
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Romance linguistics / literary studies; Süd- und Zentralamerika (inklusive Mexiko), Lateinamerika, Literature - Classics / Criticism, LITERARY CRITICISM / Caribbean & Latin American