Remembering the Alamo [electronic resource] : memory, modernity, and the master symbol / by Richard R. Flores.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Flores, Richard R.

Series:

History, culture, and society series.

History, culture, and society series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Memory--Social aspects--United States.

Memory.

Symbolism--Social aspects--United States.

Symbolism.

Popular culture--Texas.

Popular culture.

White people--Texas--Social conditions.

White people.

Mexican Americans--Texas--Social conditions.

Mexican Americans.

Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.)--Siege, 1836.

Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.).

Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.)--Siege, 1836--Influence.

Texas--Ethnic relations.

Texas.

Texas--History--1846-1950.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

No detailed description available for "Remembering the Alamo".

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1. The Texas Modern

PART ONE. The Alamo as Place, 1836 - 1905

Chapter 2. History, Memory-Place, and Silence: The Public Construction of the Past

Chapter 3. From San Fernando de Béxar to the Alamo City: The Political Unconscious of Plaza Space

Chapter 4. From Private Visions to Public Culture: The Making of the Alamo

PART TWO. The Alamo as Project, 1890- 1960

Chapter 5. Cinematic Images: Frontiers, Nationalism, and the Mexican Question

Chapter 6. Why Does Davy Live? Modernity and its Heroics

Conclusion: The Alamo as Tex(Mex) Master Symbol of Modernity

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-183) and index.

ISBN:

0-292-79647-1

OCLC:

191662170