Mexico, 1968

Abstract

Fifty years after the events of 1968 in Mexico City, fictional works have represented the memory of this period. The graphic novel La pirámide cuarteada (L. Fernando, 2017) and the audiovisual series Un extraño enemigo (G. Ripstein, 2018) situate their diegesis during this troubled year, with two different objectives: to narrate a novel of learning and to draw up a panorama of corruption at the top of the state. In both cases, we observe a decentering of a key moment, the massacre in Tlatelolco Square. How can we situate this memory in a broader historical perspective?

Keywords

• October (2nd 1968)
• Tlatelolco
• Un extraño enemigo
• La pirámide cuarteada
• Mexican history