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How myth became history : Texas exceptionalism in the borderlands /

The book explores how border subjects have been created and disputed in cultural narratives of the Texas-Mexico border, comparing and analyzing Mexican, Mexican American and Anglo literary representations of the border.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dean, John Emory (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [2016]
Subjects:
American literature > History and criticism.
Mexican literature > History and criticism.
Mexican-American Border Region > In literature.
Nationalism and literature.
Literature and history.
Texas > Historiography.
Description
Summary:The book explores how border subjects have been created and disputed in cultural narratives of the Texas-Mexico border, comparing and analyzing Mexican, Mexican American and Anglo literary representations of the border.
Physical Description:xii, 231 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780816532421
0816532427