{"product_id":"legacies-of-the-past-niamh-thornton-9781474480543","title":"Legacies of the Past: Memory and Trauma in Mexican Visual and Screen Cultures","description":"\u003cp\u003eRiven with unresolved traumas and appropriated by successive governments, the past haunts spaces in Mexican film and visual culture. These events, without consensus or a singular\/unifying narrative, act like spectres haunting the present. To comprehend how they manifest, \u003cem\u003eLegacies of the Past\u003c\/em\u003e considers how filmmakers and visual artists have found ways of understanding these haunted spaces. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith case studies of films like \u003cem\u003eEl atentado\u003c\/em\u003e (2010), \u003cem\u003eFlor en Otomí\u003c\/em\u003e (2012) and the photography of Dulce Pinzón, this collection analyses the audio-visual representations of several heightened events in Mexican history. The conbtributors' explorations, imaginings and counter-imaginings bring the past to the foreground, creating new narratives and proposing new histories in order to show the significance of storytelling and narrative for a shared understanding of ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Niamh Thornton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1474480543\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474480543\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/25\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.43d","brand":"Niamh Thornton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44065834565887,"sku":"9781474480543","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_82f5f01f-8a7c-4529-a478-86759efc8c2d.jpg?v=1685403776","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/legacies-of-the-past-niamh-thornton-9781474480543","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}