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Charros : How Mexican Cowboys Are Remapping Race and American Identity by Laura R. Barraclough (2019, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of California Press
ISBN-100520289110
ISBN-139780520289116
eBay Product ID (ePID)4038603083
Product Key Features
Book TitleCharros : How Mexican Cowboys Are Remapping Race and American Identity
Number of Pages304 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2019
TopicEthnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies, Ethnic Studies / General, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), United States / State & Local / Southwest (Az, NM, Ok, Tx), Customs & Traditions
IllustratorYes
GenreSocial Science, History
AuthorLaura R. Barraclough
Book SeriesAmerican Crossroads Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.1 in
Item Weight19.2 Oz
Item Length0.9 in
Item Width0.7 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN2018-050981
Dewey Edition23
ReviewsThis innovative book . . . presents a particularly insightful intervention into [the debate over American national identity].
Series Volume Number54
Dewey Decimal978.0046872
Table Of ContentList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1 * Claiming State Power in Mid-Twentieth-Century Los Angeles 2 * Building San Antonio's Postwar Tourist Economy 3 * Creating Multicultural Public Institutions in Denver and Pueblo 4 * Claiming Suburban Public Space and Transforming L.A.'s Racial Geographies 5 * Shaping Animal Welfare Laws and Becoming Formal Political Subjects Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
SynopsisIn the American imagination, no figure is more central to national identity and the nation's origin story than the cowboy. Yet the Americans and Europeans who settled the U.S. West learned virtually everything they knew about ranching from the indigenous and Mexican horsemen who already inhabited the region. The charro--a skilled, elite, and landowning horseman--was an especially powerful symbol of Mexican masculinity and nationalism. After the 1930s, Mexican Americans in cities across the U.S. West embraced the figure as a way to challenge their segregation, exploitation, and marginalization from core narratives of American identity. In this definitive history, Laura R. Barraclough shows how Mexican Americans have used the charro in the service of civil rights, cultural citizenship, and place-making. Focusing on a range of U.S. cities, Charros traces the evolution of the "original cowboy" through mixed triumphs and hostile backlashes, revealing him to be a crucial agent in the production of U.S., Mexican, and border cultures, as well as a guiding force for Mexican American identity and social movements.
LC Classification NumberF596.3.M5B37 2019
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