The magic curtain: the Mexican-American border in fiction, film, and song
By: by Thomas Torrans.
Publisher: Texas Christian University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Fort Worth
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
Subjects: American literature -- Mexican-American Border Region -- History and criticism.; Authors, American -- Homes and haunts -- Mexican-American Border Region.; Mexican-American Border Region -- Songs and music -- History and criticism.; Mexican-American Border Region -- In motion pictures.; Mexican-American Border Region -- In literature.; Mexican-American Border Region -- Civilization.
Description: Explores the various ways that life in the Mexican-American borderlands has been reflected in fiction and film, as well as in the corridos--the ballads and other songs celebrating the lives and struggles of borderlands people.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-227) and index.