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PublisherUniversity of Texas Press
ISBN-101477307486
ISBN-139781477307489
eBay Product ID (ePID)208683375
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Number of Pages266 Pages
Publication NamePhotopoetics at Tlatelolco : Afterimages of Mexico 1968
LanguageEnglish
SubjectLatin America / Mexico, Caribbean & Latin American, Film / Genres / Documentary, Student Life & Student Affairs, World / Caribbean & Latin American, History
Publication Year2016
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Political Science, Performing Arts, Photography, Education, History
AuthorSamuel Steinberg
SeriesBorder Hispanisms Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight16 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2014-044824
IllustratedYes
Table Of ContentAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Archive and Event 2. Postponed Images: The Plenitude of the Unfinished 3. Testimonio and the Future without Excision 4. Exorcinema : Spectral Transitions 5. Literary Restoration 6. An-archaeologies of 1968 Notes Bibliography Index
SynopsisDrawing on diverse photographic, cinematic, and literary artifacts, this critical study reinterprets the 1968 massacre of student-populist protesters in Mexico City, examining both the effects of the violence and the subsequent state-sponsored manipulatio, In the months leading up to the 1968 Olympic games in Mexico City, students took to the streets, calling for greater democratization and decrying crackdowns on political resistance by the ruling PRI party. During a mass meeting held at the Plaza of the Three Cultures in the Tlatelolco neighborhood, paramilitary forces opened fire on the gathering. The death toll from the massacre remains a contested number, ranging from an official count in the dozens to estimates in the hundreds by journalists and scholars. Rereading the legacy of this tragedy through diverse artistic-political interventions across the decades, Photopoetics at Tlatelolco explores the state's dual repression--both the massacre's crushing effects on the movement and the manipulation of cultural discourse and political thought in the aftermath. Examining artifacts ranging from documentary photography and testimony to poetry, essays, chronicles, cinema, literary texts, video, and performance, Samuel Steinberg considers the broad photographic and photopoetic nature of modern witnessing as well as the specific elements of light (gunfire, flares, camera flashes) that ultimately defined the massacre. Steinberg also demonstrates the ways in which the labels of "massacre" and "sacrifice" inform contemporary perceptions of the state's blatant and violent repression of unrest. With implications for similar processes throughout the rest of Latin America from the 1960s to the present day, Photopoetics at Tlatelolco provides a powerful new model for understanding the intersection of political history and cultural memory.
LC Classification NumberF1386.4.T597S74 2016
