The Emergence of Mexican America

The Emergence of Mexican America

Einband:
Kartonierter Einband
EAN:
9780814775585
Untertitel:
Recovering Stories of Mexican Peoplehood in U.S. Culture
Genre:
Ethnologie
Autor:
John-Michael Rivera
Herausgeber:
New York University Press
Anzahl Seiten:
211
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.05.2006
ISBN:
978-0-8147-7558-5

Informationen zum Autor John-Michael Rivera is Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Klappentext In The Emergence of Mexican America, John-Michael Rivera examines the cultural, political, and legal representations of Mexican Americans and the development of U.S. capitalism and nationhood. Beginning with the Mexican-American War of 1846-1848 and continuing through the period of mass repatriation of U.S. Mexican laborers in 1939, Rivera examines both Mexican-American and Anglo-American cultural production in order to tease out the complexities of the so-called "Mexican question." Using historical and archival materials, Rivera's wide-ranging objects of inquiry include fiction, non-fiction, essays, treaties, legal materials, political speeches, magazines, articles, cartoons, and advertisements created by both Mexicans and Anglo Americans. Engaging and methodologically venturesome, Rivera's study is a crucial contribution to Chicano/Latino Studies and fields of cultural studies, history, government, anthropology, and literary studies. Zusammenfassung Examines the cultural! political! and legal representations of Mexican Americans and the development of US capitalism and nationhood. From the Mexican-American War of 1846-1848 through the period of mass repatriation of US Mexican laborers in 1939! this book explores both Mexican-American and Anglo-American cultural production.

Autorentext
John-Michael Rivera is Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Klappentext
In The Emergence of Mexican America, John-Michael Rivera examines the cultural, political, and legal representations of Mexican Americans and the development of U.S. capitalism and nationhood. Beginning with the Mexican-American War of 1846-1848 and continuing through the period of mass repatriation of U.S. Mexican laborers in 1939, Rivera examines both Mexican-American and Anglo-American cultural production in order to tease out the complexities of the so-called "Mexican question." Using historical and archival materials, Rivera's wide-ranging objects of inquiry include fiction, non-fiction, essays, treaties, legal materials, political speeches, magazines, articles, cartoons, and advertisements created by both Mexicans and Anglo Americans. Engaging and methodologically venturesome, Rivera's study is a crucial contribution to Chicano/Latino Studies and fields of cultural studies, history, government, anthropology, and literary studies.


Zusammenfassung
Examines the cultural, political, and legal representations of Mexican Americans and the development of US capitalism and nationhood. From the Mexican-American War of 1846-1848 through the period of mass repatriation of US Mexican laborers in 1939, this book explores both Mexican-American and Anglo-American cultural production.


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