Identity politics of the captivity narrative after 1848
By: Andrea Tinnemeyer.
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 157
ISBN-13: 9780803244009
Subjects: American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Captivity narratives -- United States -- History and criticism; Politics and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Mexican War, 1846-1848 -- Literature and the war; Identity (Psychology) in literature; Group identity in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Mis(s)taken : identity politics of captivity narratives in the Spanish Borderlands; title: Domestic captives : Mexicanas in post-1848 United States; title: Embodying the West : lyrics from the U.S.-Mexican war; title: Masquerade of manifest destiny : women as men and 1846 as 1776; title: Testifying bodies : citizenship debates in Bret Harte's Gabriel Conroy.