This critical anthology of writings by Carlos Monsiva&#769;is represents a foundational set of texts by an exceptional (yet under&#8209;translated) Mexican cultural critic. Fatefully, Faithfully Feminist situates the urgencies of social movements as they developed in real time. Spanning from 1973 to 2008, Monsiváis's essays, which were originally compiled by scholar Marta Lamas, analyze the role of women in a patriarchal culture from pre&#8209;Columbian times to the present. This critical edition offers extensive annotation and cultural background to understand the cogent, but particularly Mexican arguments that Monsiváis makes, many of which are extremely relevant in today's political economy in the US and the world. Norma Klahn and Ilana Luna's translation, critical introduction, and commentary consider issues of context, history, and conventions, framing Monsiváis's debates in relation to global feminist history and human rights struggles.

Fatefully, Faithfully Feminist: A Critical History of Women, Patriarchy, and Mexican National Discourse (Critical Mexican Studies)

Literature & Fiction

Monsiváis, Carlos

Essays & Correspondence

Vanderbilt University Press

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.

Mexican Postcards (Critical Studies in Latin American and Iberian Culture)

History

Americas

Verso

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.

Verso Books

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Reach for a Star and Generate Ideas for Innovation

Business & Money

Management & Leadership

Applegate Valley Publishing

Sexo y violencia--now available again in paperback! Take one part Mexi-Monster cinema, one part Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, throw in a little Zoro, the WWF and the knit-costume-wearing performance art collective Forcefield, and you come up with the raw, vivid, and psychologically unhinged world of Lucha Libre the sports-entertainment phenomenon that first swept Mexico and now the world. Photographer Lourdes Grobet's penentrating study of Mexican professional wrestling culture features more than 500 photographs of luchadores like Blue Demon, Santo, The Witch, Adorable Rub', El Solitario and Hurricane Ramirez, as well as pictures of their families, friends and fans--onstage, backstage and even at home. Lucha Libre also includes photographs of stickers, flyers, postcards, stills from Mexi-lucha-cinema, interviews with the wrestlers, essays and much, much more! In this comprehensive 20-year study, Grobet has put together the definitive look at Mexico's masked superstars. Viva la Lucha Libre! Now in its second printing.

Lourdes Grobet: Lucha Libre: Masked Superstars of Mexican Wrestling

Arts & Photography

Individual Artists

D.A.P./Trilce

Escribir, por ejemplo (De los escritores de la tradición) (Spanish Edition)

History & Criticism

FONDO DE CULTURA ECONOMICA*

Carlos Monsiváis eligió la célebre línea de Pablo Neruda, Escribir, por ejemplo, como punto de partida y premisa para reunir diez textos dedicados a algunos de los creadores con quienes se siente en deuda como lector. De esto resultaron dos crónicas, referidas a Jaime Sabines y José Revueltas, y ocho ensayos, dedicados a Alfonso Reyes, Carlos Fuentes, Juan Rulfo, Augusto Monterroso, Ramón López Velarde, Rosario Castellanos, Agustín Yáñez y Julio Torri.

It has been said that Carlos Monsiváis alternates his misogyny with a fiery defense of feminism. From this defense, we realize that the writings collected in this volume are dedicated to analyzing the works of such authors as Simone de Beauvoir, Susan Sontag, and Rosario Castellanos, and the dismantling of the institutionalized machismo structures of the church, politics, and culture. The book attempts to investigate, defend, and stimulate the forefront of the struggles for the rights of women in Mexico. This collection presents a parallel history of the feminist movement in Mexico, written with the conviction of something that can explode, and hopes to correct the historical backwardness that still plagues Mexico.

Misógino feminista (Debate Feminista) (Spanish Edition)

Self-Help

Happiness

Océano.

Género epistolar, El.

Miguel Ángel Porrúa

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