Journalistic narratives and collective memory of an urban catastrophe: The case of the April 22 explosions in Guadalajara’s newspapers

On April 22, 1992, nine explosions destroyed a neighborhood populated by workingclasses in Guadalajara (Mexico). Casualties included 210 people killed and many wounded. Through a textual and narrative analysis of 160 articles published in the local press, this research analyzes the narratives that t...

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Autor: Larrosa Fuentes, Juan S.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD DE GUADALAJARA
Repositorio:Comunicación y Sociedad
Idioma:español
inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:comunicacionysociedad.cucsh.udg.mx:article/6872
Acceso en línea:https://www.comunicacionysociedad.cucsh.udg.mx/index.php/comsoc/article/view/6872
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:collective memory
journalism
narrative analysis
Guadalajara
Memoria colectiva
periodismo
análisis narrativo
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Sumario:On April 22, 1992, nine explosions destroyed a neighborhood populated by workingclasses in Guadalajara (Mexico). Casualties included 210 people killed and many wounded. Through a textual and narrative analysis of 160 articles published in the local press, this research analyzes the narratives that the journalists crafted to commemorate this catastrophe. The article explains how narratives were highly influenced by a religious discourse, and how journalists used the concept of “space” and “body” to explain the explosion’s aftermaths.