Mexican Public Intellectuals

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D. Castillo, S. Day
Springer, Apr 16, 2014 - Literary Criticism - 250 pages
In Mexico, the participation of intellectuals in public life has always been extraordinary, and for many the price can be high. Highlighting prominent figures that have made incursions into issues such as elections, human rights, foreign policy, and the drug war, this volume paints a picture of the ever-changing context of Mexican intellectualism.
 

Contents

A New Kind of Public Intellectual?
1
Héctor Aguilar Camín Jorge G Castañeda and Enrique Krauze in the Neoliberal Crucible
14
Andrés Henestrosa and Elena Poniatowska
45
Chapter 3 Monsiváis in a Nutshell
71
LipSynching Plagiarism and Power Poses
94
Sabina Berman and Jesusa Rodríguez as Public Intellectuals
117
Esther Chávez Cano and the Articulation of Advocacy Agency and Justice on the USMe
139
Fortaleza de la Mujer MayaFomma
163
Feminist Filmmaking as Public Voice
181
Marcos and the Speech of the Rainforest
196
Public Mourning for the Sons of Mexico
217
Notes on Contributors
237
Index
240
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Debra Ann Castillo is the Emerson-Hinchliff Professor of Hispanic Studies and Professor of Comparative Literature at Cornell University, USA.