The literatures of the U.S.-Mexican War
Subtitle: narrative, time, and identity
By: by Jaime Javier Rodríguez.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780292722453
Subjects: American literature -- 1783-1850 -- History and criticism; Mexican literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Mexican War, 1846-1848 -- Literature and the war; Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature; Mexican War, 1846-1848 -- Influence; Mexican Americans in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: U.S.-Mexican War novelettes and dime novels: cousins, seducers, bandits; title: Act one: tales of chivalry; title: Act two: encounter on the frontier; title: Act Three: fictive facts; title: Antinarratives of the U.S.-Mexican War; title: Nation and lamentation: the catalysis of Mexicanidad; title: Mexican self-consciousness: El monedero and the quest to reform Mexico; title: Mexican American visions: grief and liberation in global time-space; title: Epilogue: narrative arcs, arrows of time.