Umfang:
Online-Ressource (viii, 222 p)
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25 cm
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0313358206
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9780313358203
Serie:
The Ilan Stavans library of Latino civilization
Inhalt:
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
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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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
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Aliens in Heterotopia: An Intertextual Reading of the Border Patrol MuseumPart 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
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0313358214
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780313358210
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780313358203
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Border Culture
Sprache:
Englisch
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