{"product_id":"grieving-dispatches-from-a-wounded-country-9781936932931","title":"Grieving: Dispatches from a Wounded Country","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy one of Mexico's greatest contemporary writers, this investigation into \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003estate violence and mourning weaves together personal essay and literary theory, giving voice to the political experience of collective pain.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGrieving\u003c\/em\u003e is a hybrid collection of short cr nicas, journalism, and personal essays on systemic violence in contemporary Mexico and along the US-Mexico border. Drawing together literary theory and historical analysis, she outlines how neoliberalism, corruption, and drug trafficking--culminating in the misnamed \"war on drugs\"--has shaped her country. Working from and against this political context, Cristina Rivera Garza posits that collective grief is an act of resistance against state violence, and that writing is a powerful mode of seeking social justice and embodying resilience.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShe states: \"As we write, as we work with language--the humblest and most powerful force available to us--we activate the potential of words, phrases, sentences. Writing as we grieve, grieving as we write: a practice able to create refuge from the open. Writing with others. Grieving like someone who takes refuge from the open. Grieving, which is always a radically different mode of writing.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Feminist Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781936932931\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.60d","brand":"Cristina Rivera Garza","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36671197085852,"sku":"9781936932931","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_4c0b53d5-58da-4d3e-b519-5032a08380fc.jpg?v=1603924808","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/grieving-dispatches-from-a-wounded-country-9781936932931","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}