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Hotel Mexico - Dwelling on the '68 Movement (Paperback): George F. Flaherty

Hotel Mexico - Dwelling on the '68 Movement (Paperback)

George F. Flaherty

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In 1968, Mexico prepared to host the Olympic games amid growing civil unrest. The spectacular sports facilities and urban redevelopment projects built by the government in Mexico City mirrored the country's rapid but uneven modernization. In the same year, a street-savvy democratization movement led by students emerged in the city. Throughout the summer, the '68 Movement staged protests underscoring a widespread sense of political disenfranchisement. Just ten days before the Olympics began, nearly three hundred student protestors were massacred by the military in a plaza at the core of a new public housing complex. In spite of institutional denial and censorship, the 1968 massacre remains a touchstone in contemporary Mexican culture thanks to the public memory work of survivors and Mexico's leftist intelligentsia. In this highly original study of the afterlives of the '68 Movement, George F. Flaherty explores how urban spaces-material but also literary, photographic, and cinematic-became an archive of 1968, providing a framework for de facto modes of justice for years to come.

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Imprint: University of California Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: August 2016
First published: 2016
Authors: George F. Flaherty
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 978-0-520-29107-2
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > American history > General
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Revolutions & coups
Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Sporting events, tours & organisations > Olympic games
Books > History > American history > General
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LSN: 0-520-29107-7
Barcode: 9780520291072

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