Mexican Postcards

Critical Studies in Latin America

By: Carlos Monsivais, John Kraniauskas (Translator, Editor)

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Paperback | 17 May 1997 | Edition Number 1

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Carlos Monsiváis is one of Latin America’s most prescient and prolific social commentators. In this, the first English translation of his work, he presents an extraordinary chronicle of contemporary life south of the Rio Grande, which ranges over pop music, Latino hip hop, film stars such as Cantinflas and Dolores del Rio, the writer Juan Rulfo, life on the border with the United States, boleros and melodrama.
Monsiváis’s chronicles are theoretically informed but are crammed with people rather than abstractions. They make points of deadly seriousness in a voice which is laconic, satirical and humorous, and which is often written in the register of his subjects. Monsiváis draws on a deep understanding of Mexico’s cultural histories—popular, mass and high—and notes the fascinating ways in which they interact to transform each other. The conflicts between Mexican and North American culture and between modern and traditional ways of life are constant themes of his investigations.
A dazzling mixture of reportage, narrative and biting social criticism, Mexican Postcards is certain to establish Monsiváis’s rightful place in the pantheon of Latin America’s greatest writers.

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Introduction: Critical Closeness: The Chronicle-Essays of Carlos Monsivais
Mexico 1890-1976: High Contrast, Still Life	p. 1
Identity Hour or, What Photos Would You Take of the Endless City?	p. 31
Tradition Hour	p. 36
Dancing: The Funky Dive	p. 48
Yes, Nor Do the Dead Speak, Unfortunately: Juan Rulfo	p. 57
Dolores del Rio: The Face as Institution	p. 71
Cantinflas: That's the Point!	p. 88
Tin Tan: The Pachuco	p. 106
The Boy Fidencio and the Roads to Ecstasy	p. 119
Millenarianisms in Mexico: From Cabora to Chiapas	p. 129
'Red News': The Crime Pages in Mexico	p. 148
Bolero: A History	p. 166
Epilogue: A New Catechism for Reluctant Indians	p. 196
Index	p. 197
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