How Myth Became History: Texas Exceptionalism in the Borderlands

Synopsis

The Book Explores How Border Subjects Have Been Created And Disputed In Cultural Narratives Of The Texas-mexico Border, Comparing And Analyzing Mexican, Mexican American, And Anglo Literary Representations Of The Border--provided By Publisher. Timeline Of The Texas-mexico Border, 1835-1920 -- The Texas-mexico Border : A Mythical History -- The Collision Of Cultural Memories On The Texas-mexico Border : Walter Prescott Webb's The Texas Rangersl, Américo Paredes' George Washington Gómez, And Rolando Hinojosa's The Valley : Estampas Del Valle -- Mexico, Genesis, Apocalypse : Ignacio Solares' Yankee Invasion : A Novel Of Mexico City -- The History Of All Is The History Of Each : Cormac Mccarthy's Blood Meridian: Or Evening Redness In The West -- History As Alternative To The Past : Carlos Fuentes' The Old Gringo -- The Archival Cave Of Meditation In Katherine Anne Porter's Flowering Judas -- Remediating A Refusal Of History : Arturo Islas' The Rain God : A Desert Tale. John E. Dean. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 203-221) And Index.