Horizontal vertigo: a city called Mexico
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Mac Adam, Alfred J., 1941- Translator
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Published:
[Place of publication not identified] : Vintage, [2024].
Format:
Book
Physical Desc:
368 pages ; 21 cm
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780593687796, 0593687795, 9780593687796, 0593687795
Notes
General Note
Originally published in Mexico as El vértigo horizontal by Almadía Ediciones S.A.P.I. de C.V., Mexico City, in 2018.
Description
"Horizontal Vertigo: the title refers to the fear of ever-impending earthquakes, which led Mexicans to build their capital city outward rather than upward. With the perspicacity of a keenly observant flaneur, Villoro wanders through the city seemingly without a plan, describing people, places, and things, while brilliantly drawing connections among them, the better to reveal, in all its multitudinous glory, the vicissitudes and triumphs of Mexico City's cultural, political, and social history: from indigenous antiquity to the Aztec period, from the Spanish conquest to Mexico City today, one of the world's leading cultural and financial centers. In his deeply iconoclastic book, Villoro organizes his text around a recurring series of chapter titles: 'Living in the City,' 'City Characters,' 'Shocks, Crossings, and Ceremonies.' What he achieves, miraculously, is a stunning, intriguingly coherent meditation on Mexico City's genius loci, its spirit of place"--,Provided by publisher.
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In English; translated from the Spanish.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Villoro, J., & Mac Adam, A. J. (2024). Horizontal vertigo: a city called Mexico. Vintage.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Villoro, Juan, 1956- and Alfred J. Mac Adam. 2024. Horizontal Vertigo: A City Called Mexico. Vintage.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Villoro, Juan, 1956- and Alfred J. Mac Adam, Horizontal Vertigo: A City Called Mexico. Vintage, 2024.
MLA Citation (style guide)Villoro, Juan and Alfred J. Mac Adam. Horizontal Vertigo: A City Called Mexico. Vintage, 2024.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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