Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Barraclough, Laura R.

Publication

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

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Details

Description

xiii, 280 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm.

Summary

"The cowboy--in the popular imagination, no figure is more central to American identity and the nation's origin story. Yet the Americans and Europeans who settled the U.S. West learned virtually everything they knew 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 1930 in cities across the U.S. West, Mexican Americans embraced the figure as a way to challenge their segregation, exploitation, and marginalization in core narratives of American identity. In this definitive history, Laura 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"--Provided by publisher.

Series Statement

American crossroads

Uniform Title

American crossroads.

Alternative Title

How Mexican cowboys are remapping race and American identity

Subject

• Charros > West (U.S.) > History
• Mexican Americans > West (U.S.) > Race relations
• Charros
• West United States

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-259) and index.

Contents

Claiming state power in mid-twentieth century Los Angeles -- Building San Antonio's postwar tourist economy -- Creating multicultural public institutions in Denver and Pueblo -- Claiming suburban public space and transforming L.A.'s racial geographies -- Shaping animal welfare laws and becoming formal political subjects.

Call Number

JFE 19-10416

ISBN

• 9780520289116
• 0520289110
• 9780520289123
• 0520289129

LCCN

• 2018050981
• 40029230705

OCLC

1055265134

Author

Barraclough, Laura R., author.

Title

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

Publisher

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

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

American crossroads

American crossroads.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-259) and index.

Other Form:

Online version: Barraclough, Laura R., author. Charros Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019] 9780520963832 (DLC) 2018055040

Other Standard Identifier

40029230705

Research Call Number

JFE 19-10416