Corinna Zeltsman
My research examines the entangled history of print and politics in 19th-century Mexico, focusing on the material practices, communities, and political and social negotiations that shaped print production and press freedom.
My new book, “Ink under the Fingernails: Printing Politics in Nineteenth-Century Mexico,” argues that Mexico City printers served as key mediators in the new nation’s most pressing and violent conflicts and explores how their activities, creations, and ideas–developed through negotiating elite and working worlds–influenced Mexico’s political, cultural, and intellectual trajectory across the tumultuous 19th century.
I use my own training as a letterpress printer to examine print materials from a unique perspective: as material items that emerged through conscious professional choices and practices, and influenced viewer experience beyond literacy.
I am an Assistant Professor at Georgia Southern University, where I teach courses on Latin American and World History.
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