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OverviewIn 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Laura R. BarracloughPublisher: University of California Press Imprint: University of California Press Volume: 54 Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.408kg ISBN: 9780520289123ISBN 10: 0520289129 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 04 June 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsList 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 IndexReviewsThis innovative book . . . presents a particularly insightful intervention into [the debate over American national identity]. * Journal of Historical Geography * A fresh perspective that steers away from traditional historiographic approaches and joins the nascent literature on Mexican American and southwestern history. * Southwestern Historical Quarterly * Barraclough has done a highly effective job in telling this story, as well as providing a template for other such research projects. * Journal of Arizona History * This innovative book . . . presents a particularly insightful intervention into [the debate over American national identity]. * Journal of Historical Geography * This innovative book . . . presents a particularly insightful intervention into [the debate over American national identity]. * Journal of Historical Geography * Barraclough has done a highly effective job in telling this story, as well as providing a template for other such research projects. * Journal of Arizona History * A fresh perspective that steers away from traditional historiographic approaches and joins the nascent literature on Mexican American and southwestern history. * Southwestern Historical Quarterly * Barraclough has done a highly effective job in telling this story, as well as providing a template for other such research projects. * Journal of Arizona History * This innovative book . . . presents a particularly insightful intervention into [the debate over American national identity]. * Journal of Historical Geography * Author InformationLaura R. Barraclough is the Sarai Ribicoff Associate Professor of American Studies at Yale University. She is the author of Making the San Fernando Valley: Rural Landscapes, Urban Development, and White Privilege and coauthor of A People’s Guide to Los Angeles. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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