La Castañeda. Narrativas dolientes desde el Manicomio General México, 1910-1930 / La Castañeda. Insane Asylum

Author:   Cristina Rivera Garza
Publisher:   Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
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9786073816168


Pages:   400
Publication Date:   18 October 2022
Format:   Paperback
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La Castañeda. Narrativas dolientes desde el Manicomio General México, 1910-1930 /  La Castañeda. Insane Asylum


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«La autora no sólo nos adentra en la complejidad del manicomio y su contexto social, sino que consigue dotar de una identidad presente a esos seres que nunca pudieron tenerla en el pasado.» —Claudia Guillén   La historia de este manicomio mexicano, fundado en 1910, se desarrolla entre diálogos obsesivos de internos, doctores, familiares y otros personajes alrededor del tema de la locura. En ellos se habla de fe, sexo, pobreza, pérdida, rencor, celos, amor y política. Los médicos traducían lo que escuchaban a los términos de la incipiente psiquiatría, mientras que los internos lograban transmitir sus experiencias personales e historias íntimas a través del padecimiento mental. La Castañeda fue un hospital, una cárcel apenas disfrazada; una última oportunidad. Para algunos fue una ciudad de juguete; para otros, una metáfora de los tiempos que estaban por venir. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION La Castañeda Insane Asylum is the first inside view of the workings of La Castañeda General Insane Asylum— a public mental health institution founded in Mexico City in 1910 only months before the outbreak of the Mexican Revolution. It links life within the asylum’s walls to the radical transformations brought about as Mexico entered the Revolution’s armed phase and then endured under succeeding modernizing regimes.   Author Cristina Rivera Garza brings the history of La Castañeda asylum to life as inmates, doctors, relatives, and others engage in dialogues on insanity. They discuss faith, sex, poverty, loss, resentment, envy, love, and politics. Doctors translated what they heard into the emerging language of psychiatry, while inmates conveyed their personal experiences and private histories through expressions of mental suffering. The language of pain—physical and spiritual, mild to excruciating—allowed patients to detail the sources and consequences of their misfortune.

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Author:   Cristina Rivera Garza
Publisher:   Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Imprint:   Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Dimensions:   Width: 12.60cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 19.00cm
Weight:   0.312kg
ISBN:  

9786073816168


ISBN 10:   6073816162
Pages:   400
Publication Date:   18 October 2022
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.
Language:   Spanish

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CRISTINA RIVERA GARZA (Matamoros, 1964) es autora, traductora y crítica literaria. En 2020 obtuvo la MacArthur Fellowship. Profesora distinguida y fundadora del doctorado en Escritura Creativa en español en la Universidad de Houston.

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