River of Hope Forging Identity and Nation in the Rio Grande Borderlands
River of Hope: Forging Identity and Nation in the Rio Grande Borderlands

In River of Hope, Omar S. Valerio-Jiménez examines state formation, cultural change, and the construction of identity in the lower Rio Grande region during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. He chronicles a history of violence resulting from multiple conquests, of resistance and accommodation...

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1. Verfasser: Valerio-Jiménez, Omar Santiago 1963- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Durham Duke University Press [2013]
Schlagworte:
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies
Citizenship > Political aspects > Mexico
Citizenship > Political aspects > United States
Group identity > Mexican-American Border Region
Group identity > Texas > Lower Rio Grande Valley
Online-Zugang:DE-1043
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Zusammenfassung:In River of Hope, Omar S. Valerio-Jiménez examines state formation, cultural change, and the construction of identity in the lower Rio Grande region during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. He chronicles a history of violence resulting from multiple conquests, of resistance and accommodation to state power, and of changing ethnic and political identities. The redrawing of borders neither began nor ended the region's long history of unequal power relations. Nor did it lead residents to adopt singular colonial or national identities. Instead, their regionalism, transnational cultural practices, and kinship ties subverted state attempts to control and divide the population.Diverse influences transformed the borderlands as Spain, Mexico, and the United States competed for control of the region. Indian slaves joined Spanish society; Mexicans allied with Indians to defend river communities; Anglo Americans and Mexicans intermarried and collaborated; and women sued to confront spousal abuse and to secure divorces. Drawn into multiple conflicts along the border, Mexican nationals and Mexican Texans (tejanos) took advantage of their transnational social relations and ambiguous citizenship to escape criminal prosecution, secure political refuge, and obtain economic opportunities. To confront the racialization of their cultural practices and their increasing criminalization, tejanos claimed citizenship rights within the United States and, in the process, created a new identity.Published in cooperation with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University
Beschreibung:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Okt 2020)
Beschreibung:1 online resource (384 pages) 19 photos, 10 tables, 3 maps
ISBN:9780822395058
DOI:10.1515/9780822395058

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