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Record Nr.

UNISA996248072803316

Autore

Mitchell Pablo

Titolo

Coyote nation [[electronic resource] ] : sexuality, race, and conquest in modernizing New Mexico, 1880-1920 / / Pablo Mitchell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University Of Chicago Press, c2005

ISBN

1-282-73378-8

9786612733789

0-226-53252-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (252 p.)

Collana

Worlds of desire

Disciplina

978.9/04

Soggetti

Racism - New Mexico - History

Imperialism - Social aspects - New Mexico - History

Human body - Social aspects - New Mexico - History

Mind and body - New Mexico - History

Sex - Social aspects - New Mexico - History

Sex customs - New Mexico - History

Electronic books.

New Mexico Race relations

New Mexico Social conditions 19th century

New Mexico Social conditions 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-227) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface: A Note on Coyotes -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One. Introduction -- Chapter Two. Compromising -- Chapter Three. Carnal Knowledge -- Chapter Four. Transits of Venus -- Chapter Five. Strange Bedfellows -- Chapter Six. "Promiscuous Expectoration" -- Chapter Seven. "Just Gauzy Enough" -- Chapter Eight. Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

With the arrival of the transcontinental railroad in the 1880's came the emergence of a modern and profoundly multicultural New Mexico. Native Americans, working-class Mexicans, elite Hispanos, and black and white newcomers all commingled and interacted in the territory in ways that had not been previously possible. But what did it mean to be



white in this multiethnic milieu? And how did ideas of sexuality and racial supremacy shape ideas of citizenry and determine who would govern the region? Coyote Nation considers these questions as it explores how New Mexicans evaluated and categorized racial identities through bodily practices. Where ethnic groups were numerous and-in the wake of miscegenation-often difficult to discern, the ways one dressed, bathed, spoke, gestured, or even stood were largely instrumental in conveying one's race. Even such practices as cutting one's hair, shopping, drinking alcohol, or embalming a deceased loved one could inextricably link a person to a very specific racial identity. A fascinating history of an extraordinarily plural and polyglot region, Coyote Nation will be of value to historians of race and ethnicity in American culture.