Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. 1. Of Pyramids and Fleas: Mexican Narrative and the Crisis, 1968-1985 1
5. 2. Gender, Genre, and Authority: Hasta no verte Jesus mio (1969), by Elena Poniatowska 28
6. 3. The Novel as Pyramid: Palinuro de Mexico (1977), by Fernando del Paso 66
7. 4. Commodification and Desire in the Wasteland: Las batallas en el desierto (1981), by Jose Emilio Pacheco 88
8. 5. Apocalypse and Patricide: Cerca del fuego (1986), by Jose Agustin 110
9. 6. Out of the Rubble: Mexican Narrative and Social Movements of the Late 1980s 143
10. Notes 159
11. Bibliography 173
12. Index 203