A Sentimental Education for the Working Man: The Mexico City Penny Press, 1900-1910
ISBN: 9780822375579
Platform/Publisher: e-Duke Books Scholarly Collection / Duke University Press
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: unlimited; Download: chapter
Subjects: History Latin American; Latin American Studies; Gender Studies/ Feminist Theory;

Analyzing the satirical Mexico City penny press from 1900 to 1910, Robert M. Buffington argues that the press offered its working-class readers alternative masculine scripts that they could adopt to challenge social hierarchies.

Robert M. Buffington is Associate Professor of Women and Gender Studies at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He is the author of Criminal and Citizen in Modern Mexico .

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