The National Body in Mexican Literature presents a revisionist reading of the Mexican canon that challenges assumptions of State hegemony and national identity. It analyzes the representation of sick, disabled, and miraculously healed bodies in Mexican literature from 1940 to 1980 in narrative fiction by Vicente Leñero, Juan Rulfo, among others.

Autorentext
Rebecca Janzen is Assistant Professor of Spanish at Bluffton University, USA.

Inhalt

Introduction: The National Body in Mexican Literature 1. Blindness in José Revueltas' Narrative at the Beginning of the Mexican Miracle (1940-1946) 2. Pedro Páramo's Bad Blood: Bare Life and Exclusion from the Mexican Miracle (1946-1958) 3. Reproducing Indigenismo and Confronting the Mexican State in Rosario Castellanos' novels (1957-1964) 4. A Mexican Savior Can't Work Miracles: Reflections on Post-1968 Mexico Conclusion: Crowds on Mexico City's Subway: The Ultimate Challenge