Border Renaissance: The Texas Centennial and the Emergence of Mexican American Literature

by John Morán González

Book Overview

The Texas Centennial of 1936, commemorated by statewide celebrations of independence from Mexico, proved to be a powerful catalyst for the formation of a distinctly Mexican American identity. Confronted by a media frenzy that vilified "Meskins" as the antithesis of Texan liberty, Mexican Americans created literary responses that critiqued these racialized representations while forging a new bilingual, bicultural community within the United States...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292725795
• ISBN13: 9780292725799
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 275 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"