{"product_id":"violence-and-naming-david-e-johnson-9781477317969","title":"Violence and Naming: On Mexico and the Promise of Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003eReclaiming the notion of literature as an institution essential for reflecting on the violence of culture, history, and politics, \u003ci\u003eViolence and Naming\u003c\/i\u003e exposes the tension between the irreducible, constitutive violence of language and the reducible, empirical violation of others. Focusing on an array of literary artifacts, from works by journalists such as Elena Poniatowska and Sergio González Rodríguez to the Zapatista \u003ci\u003ecommuniqués\u003c\/i\u003e to Roberto Bolaño's \u003ci\u003eThe Savage Detectives\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e2666\u003c\/i\u003e, this examination demonstrates that Mexican culture takes place as a struggle over naming--with severe implications for the rights and lives of women and indigenous persons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough rereadings of the Conquest of Mexico, the northern Mexican feminicide, the Zapatista uprising in Chiapas, the disappearance of the forty-three students at Iguala in 2014, and the 1999 abortion-rights scandal centering on \"Paulina,\" which revealed the tenuousness of women's constitutionally protected reproductive rights in Mexico, \u003ci\u003eViolence and Naming\u003c\/i\u003e asks how societies can respond to violence without violating the other. This essential question is relevant not only to contemporary Mexico but to all struggles for democracy that promise equality but instead perpetuate incessant cycles of repression.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David E. Johnson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1477317961\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781477317969\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2019","brand":"David E. Johnson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48088357503231,"sku":"9781477317969","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3677c09c-38e5-44b3-9642-f3c10ffc4f14.jpg?v=1769104390","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/violence-and-naming-david-e-johnson-9781477317969","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}