Remembering the Alamo [[electronic resource] ] : memory, modernity, and the master symbol / / by Richard R. Flores
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Flores Richard R
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Remembering the Alamo [[electronic resource] ] : memory, modernity, and the master symbol / / by Richard R. Flores
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| 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 Béxar 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 |
| 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 |
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Serie:
History, culture, and society series.