The National Body in Mexican Literature

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The National Body in Mexican Literature is written by Rebecca Janzen and published by Springer. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1137543019 (ISBN 10) and 9781137543011 (ISBN 13).

The National Body in Mexican Literature presents a revisionist reading of the Mexican canon that challenges assumptions of State hegemony and national identity. It analyzes the representation of sick, disabled, and miraculously healed bodies in Mexican literature from 1940 to 1980 in narrative fiction by Vicente Leñero, Juan Rulfo, among others.