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Documents in Crisis Beth E. Joergensen
Documents in Crisis
Beth E. Joergensen
Winner of the 2012 Best Book in the Humanities presented by the Mexico Section of the Latin American Studies Association
In the turbulent twentieth century, large numbers of Mexicans of all social classes faced crisis and catastrophe on a seemingly continuous basis. Revolution, earthquakes, industrial disasters, political and labor unrest, as well as indigenous insurgency placed extraordinary pressures on collective and individual identity. In contemporary literary studies, nonfiction literatures have received scant attention compared to the more supposedly creative practices of fictional narrative, poetry, and drama. In Documents in Crisis, Beth E. Jörgensen examines a selection of both canonical and lesser-known examples of narrative nonfiction that were written in response to these crises, including the autobiography, memoir, historical essay, testimony, chronicle, and ethnographic life narrative. She addresses the relative neglect of Mexican nonfiction in criticism and theory and demonstrates its continuing relevance for writers and readers who, in spite of the contemporary blurring of boundaries between fiction and nonfiction, remain fascinated by literatures of fact.
| Media | Boeken Paperback Book (Boek met zachte kaft en gelijmde rug) |
| Vrijgegeven | 2 juli 2012 |
| ISBN13 | 9781438439389 |
| Uitgevers | State University of New York Press |
| Pagina's | 232 |
| Afmetingen | 152 × 229 × 25 mm · 317 g |
| Taal en grammatica | Engels |
