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The
Mexico City Reader The Americas The first in The Americas new series
of illustrated city readers "In spite of its size, its proximity to the United States, and its extraordinarily vibrant cultural life, Mexico City remains almost invisible as a literary locale to North American readers who do not know Spanish. Rubén Gallo undertakes to fill this gap with his anthology of writings about the city, and he does so with great skill, insight, and verve."—Maarten van Delden, author of Carlos Fuentes, Mexico, and Modernity Mexico City is one of Latin America's cultural
capitals, and one of the most vibrant urban spaces in the world.
The Mexico City Reader is an anthology of "Cronicas"—short,
hybrid texts that are part literary essay, part urban reportage—about
life in the capital. This is not the "City of Palaces"
of yesteryear, but the vibrant, chaotic, anarchic urban space
of the 1980s and 1990s—the city of garbage mafias, necrophiliac
artists, and kitschy Rubén Gallo is assistant professor of Latin American literature in the department of Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures at Princeton University. For more information call our marketing department at 608-263-0734 or e-mail uwiscpress@uwpress.wisc.edu |
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