The sorrows of Mexico : an indictment of their country's failings by seven exceptional writers
(Book)
Contributors
Cacho, Lydia, 1963- author.
González Rodríguez, Sergio, author.
Hernández, Anabel, author.
Osorno, Diego Enrique, 1980- author.
Ruiz Parra, Emiliano author.
González Rodríguez, Sergio, author.
Hernández, Anabel, author.
Osorno, Diego Enrique, 1980- author.
Ruiz Parra, Emiliano author.
Published
London : MacLehose Press, ©2017.
Status
Central - Adult Nonfiction
972.084 SORRO
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972.084 SORRO
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Published
London : MacLehose Press, ©2017.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
352 pages : maps (black and white) ; 20 cm
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Originally published: 2016.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Description
"With contributions from seven of Mexico's finest journalists, this is reportage at its bravest and most necessary - it has the power to change the world's view of their country, and by the force of its truth, to start to heal the country's many sorrows. Supported the Arts Council Grant's for the Arts Programme and by PEN Promotes. Veering between carnival and apocalypse, Mexico has in the last ten years become the epicentre of the international drug trade. The so-called "war on drugs" has been a brutal and chaotic failure (more than 160,000 lives have been lost). The drug cartels and the forces of law and order are often in collusion, corruption is everywhere. Life is cheap and inconvenient people - the poor, the unlucky, the honest or the inquisitive - can be "disappeared" leaving not a trace behind (in September 2015, more than 26,798 were officially registered as "not located"). Yet people in all walks of life have refused to give up. Diego Enrique Osorno and Juan Villoro tell stories of teenage prostitution and Mexico's street children. Anabel Hernández and Emiliano Ruiz Parra give chilling accounts of the "disappearance" of forty-three students and the murder of a self-educated land lawyer. Sergio González Rodríguez and Marcela Turati dissect the impact of the violence on the victims and those left behind, while Lydia Cacho contributes a journal of what it is like to live every day of your life under threat of death. Reading these accounts we begin to understand the true nature of the meltdown of democracy, obscured by lurid headlines, and the sheer physical and intellectual courage needed to oppose it."--Amazon.com.
Language
Translated from the Spanish.
Awards
English Pen Award.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Cacho, L., González Rodríguez, S., Hernández, A., Osorno, D. E., Ruiz Parra, E., Turati, M., & Villoro, J. (2017). The sorrows of Mexico: an indictment of their country's failings by seven exceptional writers . MacLehose Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Lydia Cacho et al.. 2017. The Sorrows of Mexico: An Indictment of Their Country's Failings By Seven Exceptional Writers. MacLehose Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Lydia Cacho et al.. The Sorrows of Mexico: An Indictment of Their Country's Failings By Seven Exceptional Writers MacLehose Press, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Cacho, Lydia, et al. The Sorrows of Mexico: An Indictment of Their Country's Failings By Seven Exceptional Writers MacLehose Press, 2017.
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