Vanessa Freije

Citizens of Scandal

Journalism, Secrecy, and the Politics of Reckoning in Mexico

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Vanessa Freije explores the causes and consequences of political scandals in Mexico from the 1960s through the 1980s, showing how Mexico City reporters began to denounce government corruption during this period in ways that defined the Mexican public sphere in the late twentieth century.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9781478010883
• ISBN-10: 1478010886
• Artikelnr.: 58568100

Autorenporträt

Vanessa Freije is Assistant Professor in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations  ix
List of Abbreviations  xi
Acknowledgments  xiii
Introduction  1
1. Reckoning with the Revolution  23
2. "Vehicles of Scandal"  51
3. Muckraking and the Oil Boom and Bust  79
4. The Spectacle of Impunity  107
5. A Mediated Disaster  138
6. The Weaponization of Scandal  167
Epilogue  193
Conclusion  199
Notes  207
Bibliography  255
Index