""Frontcover ""; ""CONTENTS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS""; ""Introduction: Form and Content, Text and Context""; ""1 Juan Rulfo and Fictional Irony""; ""2 Centripetal Irony in â€?Nos han dado la tierraâ€? and â€?El dÃa del derrumbeâ€?""; ""3 Centrifugal Irony and â€?La Unidad Nacionalâ€?""; ""4 Ambivalence and the Crisis of the Mimic Man: Irony and Context in â€?Luvinaâ€?""; ""5 The Priest of Pedro Páramo: Fetishistic Stereotyping and Positive Iconography""; ""6 Pedro Páramo: Irony and Caciquismo""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""INDEX""; ""Backcover ""