Blood, Ink, and Culture: Miseries and Splendors of the Post-Mexican Condition

by Roger Bartra and Bartra

Book Overview

Pens and swords, words and blows: for Roger Bartra, the culture of ink and the culture of blood offer two contrasting approaches to the political transformations of our time. In this compilation of essays, Bartra thinks through these transformations by tracing the complex interplay between popular culture, nationalist ideology, civil society, and the state in contemporary Mexico.

Written with verve over a period of twenty years, these essays--most...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822329239
• ISBN13: 9780822329237
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.2"