Grieving: Dispatches from a Wounded Country [Paperback] Rivera Garza, Cristina

Description: Finalist for the 2020 National Book Critics’ Circle Award for CriticismBy one of Mexico's greatest contemporary writers, this investigation into state violence and mourning gives voice to the political experience of collective pain.Grieving is a hybrid collection of short crónicas, journalism, and personal essays on systemic violence in contemporary Mexico and along the US-Mexico border. Drawing together literary theory and historical analysis, she outlines how neoliberalism, corruption, and drug trafficking—culminating in the misnamed “war on drugs”—has shaped her country. Working from and against this political context, Cristina Rivera Garza posits that collective grief is an act of resistance against state violence, and that writing is a powerful mode of seeking social justice and embodying resilience.She states: “As we write, as we work with language—the humblest and most powerful force a…condition info: Has a sturdy binding with some shelf wear. May have light markings on pages.

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EAN: 9781936932931

Book Title: Grieving : Dispatches from a Wounded Country

Number of Pages: 192 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Feminist Press at T.H.E. City University of New York

Topic: Latin America / Mexico, Caribbean & Latin American, Sociology / General

Publication Year: 2020

Item Height: 0.6 in

Genre: Social Science, Literary Collections, History

Item Weight: 8.5 Oz

Item Length: 8 in

Author: Cristina Rivera Garza

Item Width: 5.2 in

Format: Trade Paperback