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American encountersJosé Eduardo Limón

American encounters

1998251 pages
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The idea of crossing the border between the U.S. and what Jose Limon calls "Greater Mexico" has always conjured images of racial hostility and exclusion. Award-winning anthropologist Limon looks into history, politics, literature, folklore, ethnography, biography, film, song, and dance to probe the deeply entwined and ambivalent relationship between both sides the border over the last 150 years. From the writing of Katherine Anne Porter to the life of the late Chicana pop star Selena; from the career of the distinguished Mexican anthropologist Manuel Gamio to Henry Cisneros and the 1990 Texas…

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  • Other · English · 1998
    Beacon Press · 251 pages · 9780807002360
Ethnic identityAcculturationMexican Americans in motion picturesMexican Americans in literatureRelationsSocial aspectsMexican AmericansSocial aspects of Erotica