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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452118503321

Autore

Rivera John-Michael <1969->

Titolo

The emergence of Mexican America [[electronic resource] ] : recovering stories of Mexican peoplehood in U.S. culture / / John-Michael Rivera

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : New York University Press, c2006

ISBN

0-8147-7619-1

0-8147-7730-9

1-4356-0738-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (222 p.)

Collana

Critical America

Disciplina

305.868/72073

Soggetti

Mexican Americans - Ethnic identity

Mexican Americans - History

Mexican Americans - Cultural assimilation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-203) and index.

Nota di contenuto

How do you make the invisible, visible? : locating stories of Mexican peoplehood -- Don Zavala goes to Washington : translating U.S. democracy -- Constituting terra incognita : the "Mexican question" in U.S. print culture -- Embodying manifest destiny : María Amparo Ruiz de Burton and the color of Mexican womanhood -- Claiming los bilitos : Miguel Antonio Otero and the fight for New Mexican manhood -- "Con su pluma en su mano" : Américo Paredes and the poetics of "Mexican-American" peoplehood --  Recovering la memoria : locating the recent past.