Charros : how Mexican cowboys are remapping race and American identity / Laura R. Barraclough.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barraclough, Laura R., author.

Contributor:

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Series:

American crossroads

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mexican Americans.

Race relations.

Charros.

History.

West United States.

Charros--West (U.S.)--History.

Mexican Americans--West (U.S.)--Race relations.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 280 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Other Title:

How Mexican cowboys are remapping race and American identity

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019]

Summary:

"The cowboy--in the popular imagination, no figure is more central to American identity and the nation's origin story. Yet the Americans and Europeans who settled the U.S. West learned virtually everything they knew 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 1930 in cities across the U.S. West, Mexican Americans embraced the figure as a way to challenge their segregation, exploitation, and marginalization in core narratives of American identity. In this definitive history, Laura 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"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Claiming state power in mid-twentieth century Los Angeles

Building San Antonio's postwar tourist economy

Creating multicultural public institutions in Denver and Pueblo

Claiming suburban public space and transforming L.A.'s racial geographies

Shaping animal welfare laws and becoming formal political subjects.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-259) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Barraclough, Laura R., author. Charros

ISBN:

9780520289116

0520289110

9780520289123

0520289129

OCLC:

1055265134