Mexican Public Intellectuals

by Day, Stuart A.; Castillo, Debra A.

• ISBN13: 9781137392282
• ISBN10: 1137392282
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2014-04-16
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

In Mexico, the participation of intellectuals in public life has always been extraordinary, and for many the price can be high. However, there has yet to be a book that focuses these influential individuals with the goal of outlining their roles in present-day Mexico. Highlighting prominent figures that have made incursions into issues such as elections, human rights, foreign policy, and the drug war, Mexican Public Intellectuals paints a picture of the ever-changing context of Mexican intellectualism.

Author Biography

Debra A. Castillo is Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow, Emerson Hinchliff Professor of Hispanic Studies, and Professor of Comparative Literature at Cornell University, USA. She is the president of the Latin American Studies Association and specializes in contemporary narrative from the Spanish-speaking world (including the USA), gender studies, and cultural theory.

Stuart A. Day is Associate Professor and Chair in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Kansas. He is Managing Editor of the Latin American Theatre Review and LATR Books. His research and teaching focus on Latin American theatre, specifically Mexican theatre.

Table of Contents

1. Enrique Krauze, Aguilar Camín, Jorge G. Castañeda; Ignacio M. Sánchez Prado
2. Carlos Fuentes; Adam David Morton)
3. Elena Poniatowska and Andrés Henestrosa; Debra A. Castillo
4. Carlos Monsiváis; María Cristina Pons
5. Sabina Berman and Jesusa Rodríguez; Stuart A. Day
6. Esther Chávez; Socorro Tabuenca
7. Guadalupe Loaeza; Emily Hind
8. Petrona de la Cruz Cruz and Isabel Juárez Espinosa; Elvira Sánchez-Blake
9. María Novaro; David William Foster
10. Subcomandante Marcos; Oswaldo Estrada
11. Javier Sicilia; Javier Barroso