{"product_id":"mexico-city-reader-hardcover","title":"Mexico City Reader - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRuben Gallo\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Mexico City is one of Latin America's cultural capitals, and one of the most vibrant urban spaces in the world. \u003ci\u003eThe Mexico City Reader\u003c\/i\u003e 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 the1980s and 1990s--the city of garbage mafias, necrophiliac artists, and kitschy millionaires.\u003cbr\u003e Like the visitor wandering through the city streets, the reader will be constantly surprised by the visions encountered in this mosaic of writings--a textual space brimming with life and crowded with flâneurs, flirtatious students, Indian dancers, \u003cbr\u003efood vendors, fortune tellers, political activists, and peasant protesters.\u003cbr\u003e The essays included in this anthology were written by a panoply of writers, from well-known authors like Carlos Monsiváis and Jorge Ibagüengoitia to younger figures like Fabrizio Mejía Madrid and Juieta García González, all of whom are experienced practitioners of the city. The texts collected in this anthology are among the most striking examples of this concomitant \"theory and practice\" of Mexico City, that most delirious of megalopolises. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[An] exciting literary journey . . .\"--Carolyn Malloy, \u003ci\u003eMulticultural Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRubén Gallo is Assistant Professor of Latin American Literature in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures at Princeton University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 366\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.97 x 9.32 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 15, 1981\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47334768345337,"sku":"9780299197100","price":74.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/mauT70DQNy9780299197100.webp?v=1769653127","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/mexico-city-reader-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}