Serial Mexico: Storytelling Across Media, from Nationhood to Now

by Amy E Wright

Honorable Mention, Katherine Singer Kovacs Prize, Modern Language Association, 2023

No book until now has tied in two centuries of Mexican serial narratives--tales of glory, of fame, and of epic characters, grounded in oral folklore--with their subsequent retelling in comics, radio, and television soap operas. Wright's multidisciplinary Serial Mexico delves into this storytelling tradition: examining the nostalgic tales reimagined...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826505627
• ISBN13: 9780826505620
• Release Date: July 2023
• Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"