Guardians of Discourse: Journalism and Literature in Porfirian Mexico
Kevin M. Anzzolin, "Guardians of Discourse: Journalism and Literature in Porfirian Mexico"
English | ISBN: 1496233379 | 2024 | 284 pages | PDF | 3 MB
English | ISBN: 1496233379 | 2024 | 284 pages | PDF | 3 MB
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.
In Guardians of Discourse 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, Ángel 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.
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