Spatial and discursive violence in the U.S. Southwest / Rosaura Sánchez and Beatrice Pita.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sánchez, Rosaura, author.

Pita, Beatrice, author.

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--Mexican American authors--History and criticism.

American literature.

American literature--Mexican American authors.

Violence in literature.

Indians of North America--Colonization--Mexican-American Border Region.

Indians of North America.

Discourse analysis.

Land settlement--Southwestern States.

Land settlement.

Indians of North America--Colonization.

Southwestern States--In literature.

Southwestern States.

Southwestern States--History.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 262 pages).

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2021.

System Details:

Mode of Access: World Wide Web.

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Summary:

"Analyzing a range of Chicano/a and Native American novels, films, short stories and other cultural artifacts from the eighteenth century to the present, Rosaura Sánchez and Beatrice Pita examine literary representations of settler colonial land enclosure and dispossession in the US Southwest."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Spatial and Discursive Violence in the U.S. Southwest

Spatial Violence and Modalities of Colonialism: Enclosures

Indigenous Spatial Sovereignty and Governmentality in Oklahoma

Enclosures in New Mexico: Land of Disenchantment

Texas Narratives of Dispossession: When the Land Became Real Estate

Spatial Moorings and Dislocation.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Sánchez, Rosaura. Spatial and discursive violence in the U.S. Southwest.

ISBN:

9781478021292

1478021292

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.