Blood, Ink, and Culture

Miseries and Splendors of the Post-Mexican Condition

Nonfiction, History, Americas, Mexico, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, International, International Relations
Cover of the book Blood, Ink, and Culture by Roger Bartra, Duke University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Roger Bartra ISBN: 9780822383369
Publisher: Duke University Press Publication: July 12, 2002
Imprint: Duke University Press Books Language: English
Author: Roger Bartra
ISBN: 9780822383369
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication: July 12, 2002
Imprint: Duke University Press Books
Language: English

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 translated into English here for the first time—suggest why Bartra has become one of Latin America’s leading public intellectuals. The essays cover a broad range of topics, from the canonical forms of Mexican culture to the meaning of postnational identity in a globalizing age, from the repercussions of the 1994 Zapatista uprising to the 2000 election of Vicente Fox and the end of the PRI’s seven-decade rule. Across this range of topics, Bartra imparts astute insights into a critical period of transition in Mexican history, stressing throughout the importance of democracy, the complexity of identity, and the vibrancy of the Left. In Blood, Ink, and Culture, he provides a stimulating inside look at political and intellectual life in the southern reaches of North America.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

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 translated into English here for the first time—suggest why Bartra has become one of Latin America’s leading public intellectuals. The essays cover a broad range of topics, from the canonical forms of Mexican culture to the meaning of postnational identity in a globalizing age, from the repercussions of the 1994 Zapatista uprising to the 2000 election of Vicente Fox and the end of the PRI’s seven-decade rule. Across this range of topics, Bartra imparts astute insights into a critical period of transition in Mexican history, stressing throughout the importance of democracy, the complexity of identity, and the vibrancy of the Left. In Blood, Ink, and Culture, he provides a stimulating inside look at political and intellectual life in the southern reaches of North America.

More books from Duke University Press

Cover of the book The Making of a Human Bomb by Roger Bartra
Cover of the book Essentials of the Theory of Fiction by Roger Bartra
Cover of the book Minor Transnationalism by Roger Bartra
Cover of the book Film Blackness by Roger Bartra
Cover of the book Domesticating Organ Transplant by Roger Bartra
Cover of the book The Male Pill by Roger Bartra
Cover of the book Forms of Knowledge in Early Modern Asia by Roger Bartra
Cover of the book Border as Method, or, the Multiplication of Labor by Roger Bartra
Cover of the book Mad Toy by Roger Bartra
Cover of the book A Time for Tea by Roger Bartra
Cover of the book Circular Breathing by Roger Bartra
Cover of the book Chinese Medicine in Contemporary China by Roger Bartra
Cover of the book New Deal Modernism by Roger Bartra
Cover of the book Intimate Enemies by Roger Bartra
Cover of the book How to Have Theory in an Epidemic by Roger Bartra
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy