The uses of failure in Mexican literature and identity

The uses of failure in Mexican literature and identity

Education and entropy in Bernal Díaz del Castillo's War to stop time -- Compromised free markets in El Periquillo Sarniento : teachers, albureros, and other shouters -- Alexander von Humboldt's work on Mexico : cultural allegory, and the limits of vision -- José Vasconcelos and the necessi...

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1. Verfasser: Ochoa, John A. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Austin, Tex. University of Texas Press 2004
Ausgabe:1. ed.
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Mexican prose literature > History and criticism > Failure (Psychology) in literature > National characteristics, Mexican, in literature > Literature and history > Failure Psychology in literature > Mexico > Historiography > Mexiko > Literatur > Nationalbewusstsein > Versagen
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Zusammenfassung:Education and entropy in Bernal Díaz del Castillo's War to stop time -- Compromised free markets in El Periquillo Sarniento : teachers, albureros, and other shouters -- Alexander von Humboldt's work on Mexico : cultural allegory, and the limits of vision -- José Vasconcelos and the necessities of failure -- The threats of collapse in Cambio de piel (or Fuentes the frail) -- Guillermo Gómez-Peña : bordering on madness and performing liminality -- General Santa Anna's leg and other failings
Education and entropy in Bernal Díaz del Castillo's War to stop time -- Compromised free markets in El Periquillo Sarniento : teachers, albureros, and other shouters -- Alexander von Humboldt's work on Mexico : cultural allegory, and the limits of vision -- José Vasconcelos and the necessities of failure -- The threats of collapse in Cambio de piel (or Fuentes the frail) -- Guillermo Gómez-Peña : bordering on madness and performing liminality -- General Santa Anna's leg and other failings
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-232) and index
Beschreibung:X, 244 S
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24 cm
ISBN:0292705735
0-292-70573-5