{"product_id":"mexico-city-reader-9780299197100","title":"Mexico City Reader","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ruben Gallo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Wisconsin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/1981\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Americas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 366\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.32h x 6.30w x 0.97d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780299197100","brand":"University of Wisconsin Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45156075733129,"sku":"9780299197100","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_cfaf6386-8679-4789-8dbe-1eab0dc1f119.jpg?v=1768294496","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/mexico-city-reader-9780299197100","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}