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The uses of failure in Mexican literature and identity

Title
The uses of failure in Mexican literature and identity [electronic resource] / by John A. Ochoa.
Author
Ochoa, John A. (John Andres), 1967-
Publication
Austin : University of Texas Press, 2004.

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Description
1 online resource (x, 244 p.) : ill.
Uniform Title
Uses of failure in Mexican literature and identity (Online)
Alternative Title
Uses of failure in Mexican literature and identity (Online)
Subject
  • Mexican prose literature > History and criticism
  • Failure (Psychology) in literature
  • National characteristics, Mexican, in literature
  • Literature and history > Mexico
  • Mexico > Historiography
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-232) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Education and entropy in Bernal Díaz del Castillo's War to stop time -- Compromised free markets in El Periquillo Sarniento : teachers, albureros, and other shouters -- Alexander von Humboldt's work on Mexico : cultural allegory, and the limits of vision -- José Vasconcelos and the necessities of failure -- The threats of collapse in Cambio de piel (or Fuentes the frail) -- Guillermo Gómez-Peña : bordering on madness and performing liminality -- General Santa Anna's leg and other failings.
LCCN
2004002879
OCLC
ssj0000266062
Author
Ochoa, John A. (John Andres), 1967-
Title
The uses of failure in Mexican literature and identity [electronic resource] / by John A. Ochoa.
Imprint
Austin : University of Texas Press, 2004.
Edition
1st ed.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-232) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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