Cemeteries of ambivalent desire : unearthing deep South narratives from a Texas graveyard / / Marie Theresa Hernandez
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| Autore: |
Hernandez Marie Theresa <1952->
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| Titolo: |
Cemeteries of ambivalent desire : unearthing deep South narratives from a Texas graveyard / / Marie Theresa Hernandez
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| Pubblicazione: | College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, c2008 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (252 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 305.8009764/135 |
| Soggetto topico: | Ethnology - Texas - Fort Bend County |
| Mexican Americans - Texas - Fort Bend County - History | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Fort Bend County (Tex.) History |
| Fort Bend County (Tex.) Ethnic relations | |
| Sugar Land (Tex.) History | |
| Fort Bend County (Tex.) Historiography | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-229) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter one Cementerios -- Chapter two The Manifested Destiny of History -- Chapter three The Colonel -- Chapter four River of the Demonic: The Brazos -- Chapter five The Warrior -- Chapter six Litigation -- Chapter seven Re-Membering in the Land of Oz -- Conclusion Monticello in Texas -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | From San Isidro Cemetery, a burial place for Latino workers, the author pieces together a narrative of the lives and struggles of the Mexican American community that formed her heritage. She also provides visual images to spur the reader's imagination and anchor the narrative in historical reality. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Cemeteries of ambivalent desire |
| ISBN: | 1-60344-387-8 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910952253303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
University of Houston series in Mexican American studies.