Required Books
[Batallas] = Pacheco, José Emilio. Las batallas en el desierto. Tusquets, 2010. ISBN: 9788483832356.
[Speak] = Tenorio-Trillo, Mauricio. I Speak of the City: Mexico City at the Turn of the Twentieth Century. University of Chicago Press, 2015. ISBN: 9780226273587.
[Hipotermia] = Enrigue, Álvaro. Hipotermia. Anagrama, 2011.
[Circuit] = Goldman, Francisco. The Interior Circuit: A Mexico City Chronicle. Grove Press, 2015. ISBN: 9780802123770.
SES # | TOPICS | READINGS | MULTIMEDIA RESOURCES |
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1–2 |
Introduction and Presentation of the Course A General Cartography of Mexico City's Urban Landscapes and History |
[Speak] "Final Word."
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3–4 | Conceptual Tools to Approach Mexican Urban Culture |
Nájera, Manuel Gutiérrez. "La novela del Tranvía" and "Historia de un peso falso."
Gretton, Thomas. "Posada and the 'Popular': Commodities and Social Constructs in Mexico before the Revolution." Oxford Art Journal 17, no. 2 (1994): 32–47. | Selection of Illustrations by José Gudalupe Posada from the Museum of Modern Art. |
5 | 1880: Signs of the Metropolitan Development and Political Dissidence |
Almanza Huesca, Beatriz. "La entrada de los ejércitos revolucionarios a la ciudad de México (1913–1915)." Revista Mexicana de Sociología 56, no. 3 (1994): 151–72.
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6 | The Revolution Arrives to the Capital |
[Speak] "On 1910 Contrasts", "Interiors", "In and around Mexico City", and "The Brown Atlantis."
| View a Selection of Paintings of the Mexican School of Painting from the Museum of Modern Art. |
7 | Cultural Nationalism, Avant Garde and Urban Spaces |
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8 | Mexico City. The Bitter Taste of Progress (1940–50) (Part1) |
Tuñón, Julia. "El espacio del desamparo. La Ciudad de México en el cine institucional de la edad de oro y en Los olvidados de Buñuel." Iberoamericana (2001-), Nueva época, Año 3, no. 11 (2003): 129–144. [Speak] "Transparency" and "India." | Watch the film Los Olvidados (The Young and Damned). Directed by Luis Buñuel. Black and White, 85 min. Ultramar Films, 1950. |
9 | Mexico City. The Bitter Taste of Progress (1940–50) (Part 2) |
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10 | Carlos Fuentes's Comprehensive Gaze of the City |
[Batallas] Chapters 1–6. Epple, Juan Armando. "De Santa a Mariana: La Ciudad De México Como Utopía Traicionada." Revista Chilena de Literatura 54 (1999): 31–42. |
Watch the video de el grupo Café Tacuba "Las batallas." bbbarca. "Las Batallas Café Tabuca." Marcy 29, 2010. YouTube. Accessed July 28, 2015. |
11 | A Modern City. Place of Memory and Dystopia | [Batallas] Chapters 6–12. | |
12 | Strolling Mexico City's Emblematic Urban Spaces and Popular Cultur |
| Watch the movie Tlatelolco, Verano del 68 (Tlatelolco, Summer of 68). Directed by Carlos Bolado. Color, 68 min. Maiz Producciones, 2013. Jorge Castro. "Tlatelolco Verano del 68'." December 2, 2013. YouTube. Accessed July 28, 2015. |
13 | Tlatelolco and the 60's |
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14 | Post Tlatelolco Mexico City. The Decomposition of a Comprehensive Gaze |
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15 | D. F. 1985: Horror, Solidarity and Destruction |
———. El vértigo horizontal. La ciudad de México como texto. |
Listen to the song Camacho, Juan Jaime Lopez. "La Chilanga Banda." Café Tacuba. WarnerMusicMexico. "Café Tacuba - Chilanga Banda (Video Oficial)." February 18, 2014. YouTube. Accessed July 28, 2015. |
16 | Crisis, Democratization and Dispersion (Part 1) |
| Watch the film Amores Perros (Love's a Bitch). Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu. Color, 154 min. Altavista Films, 2000. |
17 | Class Debates | No readings. | |
18 | Crisis, Democratization and Dispersion (Part 2) |
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Watch short Film Tienda de Raya. Mariana Chenillo. osobabas0804. "tienda de raya." February 6, 2012. YouTube. Accessed July 28, 2015. Watch TV show Monsivais sobre el metro. Esquizofrenia TV. "Monsi en el Metro. PARTE 1 Así la libro 2002." June 29, 2010. YouTube. Accessed July 28, 2015. Esquizofrenia TV. "Monsi en el Metro. PARTE 2 Así la libro 2002." June 29, 2010. YouTube. Accessed July 28, 2015. |
19 | 100 Years of Revolutions |
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View the artwork of Eloy Tarcisio, Gustavo Monroy, and Nahum Zenil. MILENIO. "Gustavo Monroy en El Milenio Visto por el Arte." June 1, 2013. YouTube. Accessed July 31, 2015. |
20 | NAFTA and Mexico City Decentralization |
———. "On 'Hybrid.'"
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Watch: Azael Mexico. "Lindo y Querido de Patricia Riggen." 2012. Vimeo. Accessed July 28, 2015. Céline Virapin. "La 7th Street y Alvarado - Rodrigo Garcia." January 2, 2014. YouTube. Accessed July 28, 2015. |
21 | Border Cities vs. Mexico City |
[Circuit] pp. 3–172. Monsiváis, Carlos: "El vigor de la agonía: La ciudad de México en los albores del siglo XXI." | View a selection of work by Gabriel Orozco. |
22 | A Global View of Mexico City (Part 1) | [Circuit] pp. 173–231. | |
23 | A Global View of Mexico City (Part 2) | [Circuit] pp. 231–334. | |
24 | A Global View of Mexico City (Part 3) | No readings. | |
25–26 | Class Presentations | No readings. |