Border Culture.

By: Ilan, StavansContributor(s): Stavans, IlanMaterial type: TextTextSeries: The Ilan Stavans Library of Latino Civilization SerPublisher: Santa Barbara : ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2010Copyright date: ©2009Description: 1 online resource (233 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780313358210Subject(s): Mexican-American Border Region - Social life and customsGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Border CultureDDC classification: 306.0972/1 LOC classification: F787.B658 2009Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Series Foreword by Ilan Stavans -- Introduction -- Part I: Considerations -- La Frontera: The Border as Symbol and Reality in Mexican-American Thought Mario -- The Great Wall of Capital -- Establishing Shots of the Border: The Fence and the River -- Lola Casanova: Tropes of Mestizaje and Frontiers of Race -- Serpent Tongues, Social Hierarchies, and National Citizenship: The Splitting of Border Languages and Cultures between Latina/o Youths -- Mission Denial: The Development of Historical Amnesia -- Aliens in Heterotopia: An Intertextual Reading of the Border Patrol Museum -- Part II: Testimonies -- Great River -- Nothing to Declare: Welcome to Tijuana -- With the Smooth Rhythm of Her Eyelashes -- Talking to the Río Grande -- Pocho Pioneer -- I Could Only Fight Back in My Poetry -- A Dream -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Editor and Contributors.
Summary: The border between the United States and Mexico, despite attempts at containment, remains a vast and uniquely malleable yet indefinable region. With Border Culture, Ilan Stavans has collected essays representative of the tangled experiences and issues central to life between cultures. Divided into two sections, Border Culture covers topics essential to better understanding this often misunderstood region and state-of-mind. The first section, "Considerations," culls essays covering socio-economic and political topics illustrating the hyper reality of life and living on La Frontera. Section two, "Testimonios," takes careful consideration of lives affected by the border, either as a finite place, alternate universe, or the framework of the border as a state-of-mind, through various historic and literary accounts of La Frontera. This enlightening and comprehensive collection will no doubt help readers better understand border culture.
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Series Foreword by Ilan Stavans -- Introduction -- Part I: Considerations -- La Frontera: The Border as Symbol and Reality in Mexican-American Thought Mario -- The Great Wall of Capital -- Establishing Shots of the Border: The Fence and the River -- Lola Casanova: Tropes of Mestizaje and Frontiers of Race -- Serpent Tongues, Social Hierarchies, and National Citizenship: The Splitting of Border Languages and Cultures between Latina/o Youths -- Mission Denial: The Development of Historical Amnesia -- Aliens in Heterotopia: An Intertextual Reading of the Border Patrol Museum -- Part II: Testimonies -- Great River -- Nothing to Declare: Welcome to Tijuana -- With the Smooth Rhythm of Her Eyelashes -- Talking to the Río Grande -- Pocho Pioneer -- I Could Only Fight Back in My Poetry -- A Dream -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Editor and Contributors.

The border between the United States and Mexico, despite attempts at containment, remains a vast and uniquely malleable yet indefinable region. With Border Culture, Ilan Stavans has collected essays representative of the tangled experiences and issues central to life between cultures. Divided into two sections, Border Culture covers topics essential to better understanding this often misunderstood region and state-of-mind. The first section, "Considerations," culls essays covering socio-economic and political topics illustrating the hyper reality of life and living on La Frontera. Section two, "Testimonios," takes careful consideration of lives affected by the border, either as a finite place, alternate universe, or the framework of the border as a state-of-mind, through various historic and literary accounts of La Frontera. This enlightening and comprehensive collection will no doubt help readers better understand border culture.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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