Mexican Public Intellectuals

In Mexico, the participation of intellectuals in public life has always been extraordinary, and for many the price can be high. Highlighting prominent figures that have made incursions into issues such as elections, human rights, foreign policy, and the drug war, this volume paints a picture of the ever-changing context of Mexican intellectualism.

Auteur
Debra Ann Castillo is the Emerson-Hinchliff Professor of Hispanic Studies and Professor of Comparative Literature at Cornell University, USA.

Contenu
Introduction: A New Kind of Public Intellectual?; Debra A. Castillo and Stuart A. Day 1. The Democratic Dogma: Héctor Aguilar Camín, Jorge G. Castañeda and Enrique Krauze in the Neoliberal Crucible; Ignacio M. Sánchez Prado 2. Engaging Intellectuals: Andrés Henestrosa and Elena Poniatowska; Debra A. Castillo 3. Monsiváis in a Nutshell; María Cristina Pons 4. Guadalupe Loaeza's Blonded Ambition: Lip-synching, Plagiarism, and Power Poses; Emily Hind 5. It's My (National) Stage Too: Sabina Berman and Jesusa Rodríguez as Public Intellectuals; Stuart A. Day 6. From Accounting to Recounting: Esther Chávez Cano and the Articulation of Advocacy, Agency, and Justice on the USMexico Border; María Socorro Tabuenca C. 7. Mayan Cultural Agency through Performance: Fortaleza de la Mujer MayaFomma ; Elvira Sánchez-Blake 8. María Novaro: Feminist Filmmaking as Public Voice; David William Foster 9. The Masked Intellectual: Marcos and the Speech of the Rainforest; Oswaldo Estrada 10. Javier Sicilia: Public Mourning for the Sons of Mexico; Javier Barroso