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Description
This book is a reading of Juan Villoro's narratives of travel and tourism in Mexico as the expressions of an “entangled” positionality.
Villoro Entangles argues that his crónica and satirical fiction are complementary genres that explore the contradictions of writing about travel and tourism in Mexico. When Juan Villoro takes on writing about travel and tourism in Mexico, he does so as a Mexican author of global report. His own literary and historical musings collide with the complaints, the platitudes, and the posturings of multiple tourist sets. Villoro and his fictional protagonists become entangled in strands of cultural knowledge and touristic frivolity, and their account of it is as critically significant as it is entertaining. To fully critique the manufactured authenticity of Mexico's tourist zones-which do not always announce themselves as such- Villoro, the author as traveler, must give account of Villoro, the author as tourist.
Table of Contents
A Distinguished Traveler among Tourists
Chapter I
The Entanglements of Palmeras de la brisa rápida
Chapter II
Fictionalized Entanglement in "El crepúsculo maya" and "El Apocalipsis (todo incluido)"
Chapter III
Novelized Entanglement: Arrecife
Chapter IV
El testigo and El vértigo horizontal: Entanglements in Villoro's Post-national Diptych
Conclusion
Entanglement as a Bad Trip Well Remembered
Product details
| Published | Nov 12 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 204 |
| ISBN | 9781666942835 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Illustrations | 10 tables |
| Dimensions | 229 x 152 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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