Gente Decente : A Borderlands Response to the Rhetoric of Dominance / Leticia Magda Garza-Falcón.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Garza-Falcón, Leticia Magda, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

American literature.

Dominance (Psychology) in literature.

English language--United States--Rhetoric.

English language.

Ethnic relations in literature.

Mexican Americans--Intellectual life.

Mexican Americans.

Mexican Americans in literature.

Mexican-American Border Region--In literature.

Mexican-American Border Region.

Texas--In literature.

Texas.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (342 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, [1998]

Summary:

A study of Mexican American writers who provided counternarratives to Walter P. Webb's images of "savage" Mexicans and Indians.

Contents:

Intro

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. History as Narrative

2. Walter Prescott Webb's "The Great Plains" and "The Texas Rangers" : The Dissolution of History in Narrative

3. The Historical Fiction of Jovita González: Complex and Competing Class Identities

4. María Cristina Mena's Elite, Fermina Guerra's "Folk": The Struggles of Their Distinct and Converging Worlds

5. Américo Paredes's Narratives of Resistance: Property, Labor, Education, Gender, and Class Relations

6. Media Reportage as "History-In-The-Making": Two Short Stories by Helena María Viramontes

7. The Texas History of Beatriz de la Garza's Narratives: Sustaining Women, Hispanic Heroes, and a Sense of Place

Epilogue

Appendix A: Shannon's Appraisal

Appendix B: Biographical Outline of Jovita González's Life

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Illustrations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Garza-Falcón, Leticia Magda Gente Decente

ISBN:

9780292763340

0292763344

OCLC:

1511482859