The Cage of Melancholy: Identity and Metamorphosis in the Mexican Culture

by Roger Bartra

"A wonderful and timely book. . . . Bartra brilliantly dissects the idea of 'being Mexican' upheld and imposed by the dominant forces in Mexico. But by extension, he asks readers everywhere if they recognize themselves in the national character proposed by the political elites of the U.S., France, U.S.S.R., or Nigeria. Bartra invites us all to step out of self-consciousness, take a good look at the metaphysics of 'national character' and then decide...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813517494
• ISBN13: 9780813517490
• Release Date: February 1992
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 199 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.