by Carlos Monsiváis · Editorial Anagrama · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788433905970
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In 'Aires de familia', Carlos Monsiváis offers a deep and critical analysis of culture and society in Latin America during the 20th century. This essay, winner of the Anagrama Essay Prize, explores the changes and continuities in the region, from the cult of heroes to the society of spectacle, and from cultural migrations to the influence of Hollywood. Monsiváis describes the visible and profound unity of nations that share feelings of abandonment, inequalities, and, despite everything, an unwavering faith in democracy.
Carlos Monsiváis Aceves was a Mexican philosopher, writer, critic, political activist, and journalist. He also wrote political opinion columns in leading newspapers within the country's progressive sectors. His generation of writers includes Elena Poniatowska, José Emilio Pacheco, and Carlos Fuentes. Monsiváis won more than 33 awards, including the 1986 Jorge Cuesta Prize, the 1989 Mazatlán Prize, and the 1996 Xavier Villaurrutia Award. Considered a leading intellectual of his time, Monsiváis documented contemporary Mexican themes, values, class struggles, and societal change in his essays, books and opinion pieces. He was a staunch critic of the long-ruling Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI), leaned towards the left-wing, and was ubiquitous in disseminating his views on radio and television. As a founding member of "Gatos Olvidados", Monsiváis wanted his and other "forgotten cats" to be provided for beyond his lifetime.
