Recovering the Hispanic history of Texas /

Recovering the Hispanic history of Texas /

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Imprint:	Houston, Tex. : Arte Público Press, ©2010.
Description:	1 online resource (xv, 175 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Recovering the U.S. Hispanic literary heritage Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage Project publication.
Subject:	Hispanic Americans -- Texas -- Historiography. Mexican American women -- Texas -- Historiography. Mexican American women -- Texas -- History. Mexican Americans -- Texas -- Historiography. Mexican Americans -- Texas -- History. Ethnic relations. Historiography. Mexican American women. Mexican Americans. Mexican Americans -- Historiography. Social conditions. Texas -- Ethnic relations. Texas -- Historiography. Texas -- History. Texas -- Social conditions. Texas. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13452391

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Other authors / contributors:	Perales, Monica. Ramos, Raĺul A.
ISBN:	9781611922615 1611922615 9781611927504 1611927501 1558855912 1558856919 9781558855915 9781558856912
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:	The eight essays included in this volume examine the dominant narrative of Texas history and seek to establish a record that includes both Mexican men and women, groups whose voices have been notably absent from the history books. Originally presented as part of the Hispanic History of Texas Project's first conference held in conjunction with the Texas State Historical Association's annual conference in 2008, the material primarily explores themes within the field of Chicana/o Studies. The pieces cover issues as diverse as the Mexican-American Presbyterian community, the female voice in the history of the Texas borderlands, and Tejano roots on the Louisiana-Texas border in the 18th and 19th centuries. In their introduction, editors Monica Perales and Raul A. Ramos write that the scholars, in their exploration of the state's history, go beyond the standard categories of immigration, assimilation, and the nation state. Instead, they forge new paths into historical territories by exploring gender and sexuality, migration, transnationalism, and globalization. --Book Jacket.
Other form:	Print version: Recovering the Hispanic history of Texas. Houston, Tex. : Arte Público Press, ©2010 9781558855915

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Summary:	The eight essays included in this volume examine the dominant narrative of Texas history and seek to establish a record that includes both Mexican men and women, groups whose voices have been notably absent from the history books. Finding documents that reflect the experiences of those outside of the mainstream culture is difficult, since historical archives tend to contain materials produced by the privileged and governing classes of society. The contributing scholars make a case for expanding the notion of archives to include alternative sources. By utilizing oral histories, Spanish-language writings and periodicals, folklore, photographs, and other personal materials, it becomes possible to recreate a history that includes a significant part of the state¿s population, the Mexican community that lived in the area long before its absorption into the United States. These articles primarily explore themes within the field of Chicano/a Studies. Divided into three sections, Creating Social Landscapes, Racialized Identities, and Unearthing Voices, the pieces cover issues as diverse as the Mexican-American Presbyterian community, the female voice in the history of the Texas borderlands, and Tejano roots on the Louisiana-Texas border in the 18th and 19th centuries. In their introduction, editors Monica Perales and Raúl A. Ramos write that the scholars, in their exploration of the state¿s history, go beyond the standard categories of immigration, assimilation, and the nation state. Instead, they forge new paths into historical territories by exploring gender and sexuality, migration, transnationalism, and globalization.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xv, 175 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9781611922615 1611922615 9781611927504 1611927501 1558855912 1558856919 9781558855915 9781558856912