A New Time for Mexico
1st Edition
Published on 18. May 2013
288 pages
978-1-4088-4500-4 (ISBN)
Description
From time immemorial, Mexico's legendary beauty has been matched by intense historical drama. Mayan mythmakers, Aztec emperors, Spanish conquistadors, Yankee and French invaders, dictators and peasant revolutionaries are still vivid influences on Mexico's present.
In this stunning collection of essays, first published in Britain in 1997, Carlos Fuentes examines mexico as it faces a new time. Torn between tradition and modernity, impatient with an exhausted political system but unsure how and with what to replace it, Mexicans are struggling to make the transition from authoritarian to democratic politics. Fuentes' bold and timely study discusses the origins and nature of the unforeseen events that have transformed Mexico's politics and scoiety: the 1994 rebellion in Chiapas, the subsequent rash of assassinations, the break between Presidents Salinas and Zedillo, and continual traumas for democratic self-rule.
In this stunning collection of essays, first published in Britain in 1997, Carlos Fuentes examines mexico as it faces a new time. Torn between tradition and modernity, impatient with an exhausted political system but unsure how and with what to replace it, Mexicans are struggling to make the transition from authoritarian to democratic politics. Fuentes' bold and timely study discusses the origins and nature of the unforeseen events that have transformed Mexico's politics and scoiety: the 1994 rebellion in Chiapas, the subsequent rash of assassinations, the break between Presidents Salinas and Zedillo, and continual traumas for democratic self-rule.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
978-1-4088-4500-4 (9781408845004)
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Carlos Fuentes
A New Time for Mexico
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10/1997
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Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- 1: Mexico: The Face of Creation
- 2: On Mexican Time: Kierkegaard in the Fink Zone
- 3: Indian Mexico: A Trip to the Center of the Origin
- 4: Revolutionary Mexico: History Out of Chaos
- 5: Agrarian Mexico: The Death of Rubén Jaramillo
- 6: The Mexican Political System: Seeds and Ruins
- 7: The Year of Living Dangerously: A Diary of 1994
- 8: Happy New Year: A Lament for 1995
- 9: So Far from God: Mexico and the United States
- 10: Return to Roots: Home in Veracruz
- 11: My Spanish Heritage
- 12: Conclusion and Coda: Mexican Tempi
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