This study traces the novel’s waning capacity to render Mexico’s social totality during that nation’s transition from a national-popular to a neoliberal state model.

Ryan F. Long, University of Oklahoma, focuses his research on culture and politics in Mexico, especially the late twentieth century. He has published articles on a range of topics, including the con�ict in Chiapas, Mexican cinema, and a number of writers, such as Ignacio Manuel Altamirano, Álvaro Mutis, and Luis González de Alba.

ISBN-13: 978-1-55753-487-3
2008. Vol. 44. x, 224 pp. Paper $43.95

Forthcoming
Fall 2008

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