In the months leading up to the 1968 Olympic games in Mexico City; students took to the streets; calling for greater democratization and decrying crackdowns on political resistance by the ruling PRI party. During a mass meeting held at the Plaza of the Three Cultures in the Tlatelolco neighborhood; paramilitary forces opened fire on the gathering. The death toll from the massacre remains a contested number; ranging from an official count in the dozens to estimates in the hundreds by journalists and scholars. Rereading the legacy of this tragedy through diverse artistic-political interventions across the decades; Photopoetics at Tlatelolco explores the statersquo;s dual repressionmdash;both the massacrersquo;s crushing effects on the movement and the manipulation of cultural discourse and political thought in the aftermath. Examining artifacts ranging from documentary photography and testimony to poetry; essays; chronicles; cinema; literary texts; video; and performance; Samuel Steinberg considers the broad photographic and photopoetic nature of modern witnessing as well as the specific elements of light (gunfire; flares; camera flashes) that ultimately defined the massacre. Steinberg also demonstrates the ways in which the labels of ldquo;massacrerdquo; and ldquo;sacrificerdquo; inform contemporary perceptions of the statersquo;s blatant and violent repression of unrest. With implications for similar processes throughout the rest of Latin America from the 1960s to the present day; Photopoetics at Tlatelolco provides a powerful new model for understanding the intersection of political history and cultural memory.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. More like the music of.....and not much elseBy William G. RatcliffeHaving been almost raised on Lesleys music from my older sisters record collection. and since 1980 belonged to Lesleys fan club. I at first thought this endeavor would enlighten me about an artist who was more than just a footnote in the world of pop music.What I got was information I already knew offhand from the point of view as a fan. Instead of interviewing people that were within Lesleys orbit. what I got was nothing more than a collection of facts from numerous other sources.I met Lesley twice. and could have added more than 2 chapters of information than what I read (as a friend of the late Ellie Greenwich. I could have enlightened the author on how many tracks Ellie sang on. etc.). This book took me 2 days to read. a book that included misspellings and timeline errors. If an author wanted a complete discography of her singles. he should have been more thorough. How can one exclude her french version of You Dont Own Me that was commercially released in America right after the English version? And its Barbra Streisand. not Barbara.I give Trevor some credit. A book like this was needed so those who were not that familiar with Lesleys accomplishments may be enlightened. but it didnt delve much into much else except her music and what one could find on the internet.One thing that a new fan should explore are the differences in the mono and stereo versions of her albums. Lesley did record all of the tracks twice in both formats. Some even has a different instrumental background and added sweetening. So yes. buy both formats if you wish to have everything by her.I give this book 3 stars for effort alone.5 of 6 people found the following review helpful. Lesley Gore--One of the Early Pioneers of 1960s Rock and RollBy Bill EmblomA biography on Lesley Gore is needed and author Trevor Tolliver has done a commendable job in relating her life to the reader. I did feel there was too much of an emphasis on cataloging one song after another and whether or not it became a hit. I am familiar with about five of her songs and the scouting report. if you will. regarding songs that she sang at one time or another became too tedious to me.Lesley hit it big as a high school student in New Jersey with her signature song entitled "Its My Party." She experienced some negative feedback from some jealous students at her school as a result. By the time she was twenty-six years old she became something of a has-been. When the nostalgia craze for 60s music hit the country once again her music became a hot item. The author spends some time regarding her thirty year relationship with partner Lois Sasson.I found the book and interesting read but I felt I could have been told more about Lesley Gores life rather than such a heavy emphasis on several songs Ive never heard of. The book also contains two sets of colored photographs.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Yep. she owns meBy Robert G. CourtneySo glad I purchased her book. what a story. She was talented for sure but like others from her era there were some career roller coaster rides.
