Vai al contenuto principale della pagina

Remembering the Alamo [[electronic resource] ] : memory, modernity, and the master symbol / / by Richard R. Flores



(Visualizza in formato marc)    (Visualizza in BIBFRAME)

Autore: Flores Richard R Visualizza persona
Titolo: Remembering the Alamo [[electronic resource] ] : memory, modernity, and the master symbol / / by Richard R. Flores Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2002
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (217 p.)
Disciplina: 976.4/03
Soggetto topico: Memory - Social aspects - United States
Symbolism - Social aspects - United States
Popular culture - Texas
White people - Texas - Social conditions
Mexican Americans - Texas - Social conditions
Soggetto geografico: Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.) Siege, 1836
Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.) Siege, 1836 Influence
Texas Ethnic relations
Texas History 1846-1950
Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-183) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Texas Modern -- PART ONE. The Alamo as Place, 1836 - 1905 -- Chapter 2. History, Memory-Place, and Silence: The Public Construction of the Past -- Chapter 3. From San Fernando de BĂ©xar to the Alamo City: The Political Unconscious of Plaza Space -- Chapter 4. From Private Visions to Public Culture: The Making of the Alamo -- PART TWO. The Alamo as Project, 1890- 1960 -- Chapter 5. Cinematic Images: Frontiers, Nationalism, and the Mexican Question -- Chapter 6. Why Does Davy Live? Modernity and its Heroics -- Conclusion: The Alamo as Tex(Mex) Master Symbol of Modernity -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Sommario/riassunto: No detailed description available for "Remembering the Alamo".
Titolo autorizzato: Remembering the Alamo  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-292-79647-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910821634603321
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilitĂ  qui
Serie: History, culture, and society series.