The Emergence of Mexican America: Recovering Stories of Mexican Peoplehood in U.S. Culture

Winner of the 2006 Thomas J. Lyon Book Award in Western American Literary Studies, presented by the Western Literature Association
In The Emergence of Mexican America, John-Michael Rivera examines the cultural, political, and legal representations of Mexican Americans and the development of US capitalism and nationhood. Beginning with the Mexican-American War of 1846-1848 and continuing through the period of mass repatriation of US 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.

Author: John-Michael Rivera
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 05/01/2006
Pages: 211
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 8.86h x 6.40w x 0.53d
ISBN: 9780814775585

About the Author
Rivera, John-Michael: - John-Michael Rivera is Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder.