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        C.M.
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        Mexico:
        A Traveler's Literary Companion

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    A B L E *O F* C O N T E N
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    Map 



    Preface



    Acknowledgments


    
THE U.S.-MEXICO
    BORDER

    Tecate: Daniel Reveles Big Caca's Revenge

    Ciudad Juárez: Carlos Fuentes Malintzin
    of the Maquilas



    THE NORTH 

    In the State of Sinaloa: Inés Arredondo The Silent
    Words

    In the State of Chihuahua: Jesús Gardea According
    to Evaristo

    The Northern Desert Ricardo Elizondo Elizondo The Green
    Bottle

    Baja
    California: Agustín Cadena Lady of the Seas

    Baja California: C.M. Mayo Rancho Santa Inés:
    Fast!


    
CENTRAL MEXICO

    Mexico City: Carlos Monsiváis Identity Hour or,
    What Photos Would You Take of the Endless City?

    Mexico City: Juan Villoro One-Way Street

    Mexico City: Guadalupe Loaeza Oh, Polanco!

    Mexico City: Fernando del Paso News from the Empire

    Near Cuernavaca, Morelos: Mónica Lavín Day
    and Night

    In the State of Puebla: Pedro Ángel Palou Huaquechula

    In the State of Puebla: Ángeles Mastretta Aunt
    Elena

    Morelia, Michoacán: Raúl Mejía
    Banquets

    Guadalajara, Jalisco: Martha Cerda And One Wednesday

    Querétaro (in the Bajío): Araceli Ardón
    It Is Nothing of Mine



    ALONG THE GULF OF MEXICO

    In the State of Tabasco: Bruno Estañol Fata Morgana

    In the State of Veracruz: Ilan Stavans Twins

    In the State of Veracruz: Raymundo Hernández-Gil
    Tarantula



    SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST

    Acapulco: Julieta Campos She Has Reddish Hair and
    Her Name is Sabina

    Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca: Alberto Ruy Sánchez
    Vigil in Tehuantepec

    Chiapas: Rosario Castellanos Tenebrae Service



    YUCATÁN

    Laura Esquivel Swift as Desire



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