{"product_id":"guardians-of-discourse-journalism-and-literature-in-porfirian-mexico-hardback-9781496233370","title":"Guardians of Discourse; Journalism and Literature in Porfirian Mexico (Hardback) 9781496233370","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eGuardians of Discourse\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eJournalism and Literature in Porfirian Mexico\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKevin M. Anzzolin (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496233370\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 May 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e284 pages, 1 photograph, 20 illustrations, index\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.6 cm, 0.58 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e“Kevin Anzzolin’s \u003ci\u003eGuardians of Discourse\u003c\/i\u003e rereads major literary works from Porfirian Mexico and reframes them in ways that should, if there is justice, change how we talk about them in the future. Anzzolin boldly weaves together the history of journalism and literature to show their interdependence and how they stage struggles for meaning and power in a contested public sphere. The book’s adroit combination of theory, history, and literary studies makes it a laudable contribution to Mexican studies.”-Christopher Conway, author of \u003ci\u003eNineteenth-Century Spanish America: A Cultural History\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHonorable Mention for the 2025 LASA Mexico Section for Best Book in the Humanities\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e During Porfirio DÍaz’s thirty-year rule, Mexico dealt with the press in disparate ways in hopes of forging an informed and, above all, orderly citizenry. Even as innumerable journalists were sent to prison on exaggerated and unfair charges of defamation or slander, DÍaz’s government subsidized multiple newspapers to expand literacy and to aggrandize the image of the regime.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eGuardians of Discourse\u003c\/i\u003e Kevin M. Anzzolin analyzes the role and representation of journalism in literary texts from Porfirian Mexico to argue that these writings created a literate, objective, refined, and informed public. By exploring works by Porfirian writers such as Emilio Rabasa, \u0026amp;Aacute;ngel del Campo, Rafael Delgado, Laura MÉndez de Cuenca, and Salvador Quevedo y Zubieta, Anzzolin demonstrates that a primary goal of the lettered class was to define and shape the character of public life, establish the social position of citizens, and interrogate the character of civil institutions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e These elite \u003ci\u003eletrados\u003c\/i\u003e-whom Anzzolin refers to as “guardians of discourse”-aimed to define the type of discourses that would buttress the transformed Mexico of the DÍaz regime to forge a truly national literature that could be discussed among an expanded coterie of lettered thinkers. In addition, these Porfirian guardians hoped to construct an extensive and active public able to debate political and social issues via a press befitting a modern nation-state and create a press that would be independent, illuminating, and distinguished. Through an innovative look at Mexico’s public sphere via literary fiction in the Porfirian era, Anzzolin contributes to our knowledge of Mexican and Latin American political, cultural, and literary history in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Guardians of Discourse\u003cbr\u003e 1. Insane Journalism in \u003ci\u003eNovelas mexicanas\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eReproducciones\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2. Insalubrious Journalism in \u003ci\u003ePacotillas \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eLa cuarta plana\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3. Reporterism as Social Death in \u003ci\u003eLa Rumba\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLa Calandria\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4. Yellow Journalism and Female Sociability in the Narrative of Laura MÉ\u003cbr\u003endez de Cuenca\u003cbr\u003e 5. Arnulfo Arroyo, the Subsidized Press, and Illocutionary Acts in Quevedo y Zubieta’\u003cbr\u003es \u003ci\u003eLa camada\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: The Public Sphere, or The Porfiriato’\u003cbr\u003es Unfinished Project\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52600027021592,"sku":"9781496233370","price":38.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/guardians-of-discourse-journalism-and-literature-in-porfirian-mexico-hardback-9781496233370","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}