Ciudad Juárez-El Paso

doi:10.1017/9781108976367.026

Chapter 25 - Ciudad Juárez-El Paso

from Part V - Cities

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 January 2023

David Dorado Romo

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Fernando Degiovanni and

Javier Uriarte

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Fernando Degiovanni: Affiliation:
City University of New York
Javier Uriarte: Affiliation:
Stony Brook University, State University of New York

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Revolutionary developments along the El Paso and Ciudad Juárez border during the turn of the twentieth century created a cultural renaissance that resulted in scores of literary works, memoirs, films, and other artistic productions that rearticulated the experiences of living in a liminal border zone. This chapter explores serialized literature published by El Paso Spanish-language newspapers during the Mexican Revolution, including Tomóchic (1896) by Lauro Aguirre and Teresa Urrea, Los de abajo (1915) by Mariano Azuela, Memorias de mi viaje (1914) by Olga Beatriz Torres, The Wise Man of the Land of Moctezuma (ca. 1925) by Victor L. Ochoa, and the bilingual film by Félix and Edmundo Padilla, La Venganza de Pancho Villa (ca. 1930). I argue that the literature and film produced in these two cities along the international dividing line reveal the liminality of frontera itself produced much of the affective charge of fronterizo cultural productions.

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El Paso Ciudad Juárez fronterizo literature border film Mexican Revolution liminal bricolage code-switching

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Information: Latin American Literature in Transition 1870–1930 , pp. 372 - 385

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108976367.026 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2022

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