Memory and History of Mexico ’68

TitleMemory and History of Mexico ’68
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2016
AuthorsEugenia Allier Montaño
Abstract

The student movement Mexico ’68 (Sesenta-y-ocho) that was active between July and December of 1968 has come to be seen as one of the most important events of the second half of the twentieth century in Mexico, in both public memory and national history. However as this was not always the case, the aim of this article is to analyse the transformations and permanencies in the many accounts that have formed over the last four decades concerning the Mexican summer of 1968, giving attention to four types of narrative: public debates, the specialized historiography on the student movement, books dealing [...]