LEADER 04233nam 2200721Ia 450 001 9910791293403321 005 20230721012133.0 010 $a0-292-79353-7 024 7 $a10.7560/719781 035 $a(CKB)2560000000007571 035 $a(OCoLC)497122373 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10340891 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000335328 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11241425 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000335328 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10272676 035 $a(PQKB)10081861 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443437 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse19314 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3443437 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10340891 035 $a(DE-B1597)588272 035 $a(OCoLC)1280943576 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292793538 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000007571 100 $a20090225d2009 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBorder renaissance$b[electronic resource] $ethe Texas centennial and the emergence of Mexican American literature /$fJohn Mora?n Gonza?lez 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAustin $cUniversity of Texas Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (276 p.) 225 1 $aCMAS history, culture, & society series 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-292-71978-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aTexanizing 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. 330 $aThe Texas Centennial of 1936, commemorated by statewide celebrations of independence from Mexico, proved to be a powerful catalyst for the formation of a distinctly Mexican American identity. Confronted by a media frenzy that vilified "Meskins" as the antithesis of Texan liberty, Mexican Americans created literary responses that critiqued these racialized representations while forging a new bilingual, bicultural community within the United States. The development of a modern Tejana identity, controversies surrounding bicultural nationalism, and other conflictual aspects of the transformation from mexicano to Mexican American are explored in this study. Capturing this fascinating aesthetic and political rebirth, Border Renaissance presents innovative readings of important novels by María Elena Zamora O'Shea, Américo Paredes, and Jovita González. In addition, the previously overlooked literary texts by members of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) are given their first detailed consideration in this compelling work of intellectual and literary history. Drawing on extensive archival research in the English and Spanish languages, John Morán González revisits the 1930s as a crucial decade for the vibrant Mexican American reclamation of Texas history. Border Renaissance pays tribute to this vital turning point in the Mexican American struggle for civil rights. 410 0$aCMAS history, culture, & society series. 606 $aAmerican literature$xMexican American authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aMexican Americans in literature 606 $aRace in literature 606 $aMexican Americans$xIntellectual life$y20th century 606 $aLiterature and history$zTexas 607 $aTexas$xIn literature 607 $aTexas$xCentennial celebrations, etc 615 0$aAmerican literature$xMexican American authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aMexican Americans in literature. 615 0$aRace in literature. 615 0$aMexican Americans$xIntellectual life 615 0$aLiterature and history 676 $a810.9/86872 700 $aGonza?lez$b John Mora?n$01153382 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791293403321 996 $aBorder renaissance$93812358 997 $aUNINA