Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Nation as Family in Mexico's First Novel: Lizardi's Periquillo (1816) as Pamphlets
  • 2. Back to the Future: Mexico as Serial Hero in Riva Palacio's Historical Novels (1868-1872)
  • 3. Family Education through Mexico's First Comic: Don Catarino y su apreciable familia (1920s-1960s)
  • 4. Mexican Radionovelas' Serial "Stay Tuned": Announcing . . . ¡Chucho el Roto! (ca. 1965-1975)
  • 5. History's Eternal Return in Televisa's Telenovelas: Martín Garatuza (1986) and El extraño retorno de Diana Salazar (1988-1989)
  • Continuará: To Be Continued
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index