Introduction: A New Kind of Public Intellectual?; Debra A. Castillo and Stuart A. Day 1. The Democratic Dogma: Héctor Aguilar Camín, Jorge G. Castañeda and Enrique Krauze in the Neoliberal Crucible; Ignacio M. Sánchez Prado 2. Engaging Intellectuals: Andrés Henestrosa and Elena Poniatowska; Debra A. Castillo 3. Monsiváis in a Nutshell; María Cristina Pons 4. Guadalupe Loaeza's Blonded Ambition: Lip-synching, Plagiarism, and Power Poses; Emily Hind 5. It's My (National) Stage Too: Sabina Berman and Jesusa Rodríguez as Public Intellectuals; Stuart A. Day 6. From Accounting to Recounting: Esther Chávez Cano and the Articulation of Advocacy, Agency, and Justice on the US—Mexico Border; María Socorro Tabuenca C. 7. Mayan Cultural Agency through Performance: Fortaleza de la Mujer Maya–Fomma ; Elvira Sánchez-Blake 8. María Novaro: Feminist Filmmaking as Public Voice; David William Foster 9. The Masked Intellectual: Marcos and the Speech of the Rainforest; Oswaldo Estrada 10. Javier Sicilia: Public Mourning for the Sons of Mexico; Javier Barroso