04233nam 2200721Ia 450 991079129340332120230721012133.00-292-79353-710.7560/719781(CKB)2560000000007571(OCoLC)497122373(CaPaEBR)ebrary10340891(SSID)ssj0000335328(PQKBManifestationID)11241425(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000335328(PQKBWorkID)10272676(PQKB)10081861(MiAaPQ)EBC3443437(MdBmJHUP)muse19314(Au-PeEL)EBL3443437(CaPaEBR)ebr10340891(DE-B1597)588272(OCoLC)1280943576(DE-B1597)9780292793538(EXLCZ)99256000000000757120090225d2009 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrBorder renaissance[electronic resource] the Texas centennial and the emergence of Mexican American literature /John Morán González1st ed.Austin University of Texas Press20091 online resource (276 p.) CMAS history, culture, & society seriesBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-292-71978-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Texanizing Texans: Texas centennial discourses of racial pedagogy -- This is our grand lone star state: reclaiming Texas history in Elena Zamora O'Shea's El mesquite -- Forging bicultural U.S. citizenship: LULAC and the making of Mexican American aesthetics -- A Mexico-Texan interlude: Americo Paredes, border modernity, and the demise of patriarchal anticolonialism -- Mujeres fronterizas: writing tejana agency into the Texas centennial era.The Texas Centennial of 1936, commemorated by statewide celebrations of independence from Mexico, proved to be a powerful catalyst for the formation of a distinctly Mexican American identity. Confronted by a media frenzy that vilified "Meskins" as the antithesis of Texan liberty, Mexican Americans created literary responses that critiqued these racialized representations while forging a new bilingual, bicultural community within the United States. The development of a modern Tejana identity, controversies surrounding bicultural nationalism, and other conflictual aspects of the transformation from mexicano to Mexican American are explored in this study. Capturing this fascinating aesthetic and political rebirth, Border Renaissance presents innovative readings of important novels by María Elena Zamora O'Shea, Américo Paredes, and Jovita González. In addition, the previously overlooked literary texts by members of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) are given their first detailed consideration in this compelling work of intellectual and literary history. Drawing on extensive archival research in the English and Spanish languages, John Morán González revisits the 1930s as a crucial decade for the vibrant Mexican American reclamation of Texas history. Border Renaissance pays tribute to this vital turning point in the Mexican American struggle for civil rights.CMAS history, culture, & society series.American literatureMexican American authorsHistory and criticismMexican Americans in literatureRace in literatureMexican AmericansIntellectual life20th centuryLiterature and historyTexasTexasIn literatureTexasCentennial celebrations, etcAmerican literatureMexican American authorsHistory and criticism.Mexican Americans in literature.Race in literature.Mexican AmericansIntellectual lifeLiterature and history810.9/86872González John Morán1153382MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791293403321Border renaissance3812358UNINA