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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barraclough, Laura R., author.

Series:

American Crossroads

American Crossroads ; 54

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Charros.

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

Mexican Americans.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In 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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Maps

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

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)

Description based on print record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780520963832

0520963830

OCLC:

1074244675