American encounters
Subtitle: greater Mexico, the United States, and the erotics of culture
By: José E. Limón.
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
Subjects: Acculturation -- Mexico; Mexican Americans -- Ethnic identity; Acculturation; Mexican Americans in motion pictures; Mexican Americans in literature; Erotica -- Social aspects -- United States; United States -- Relations -- Mexico; Mexico -- Relations -- United States
Description: The idea of crossing the border between the U.S. and what Jose Limon calls "Greater Mexico" has always conjured images of racial hostility and exclusion. Award-winning anthropologist Limon looks into history, politics, literature, folklore, ethnography, biography, film, song, and dance to probe the deeply entwined and ambivalent relationship between both sides the border over the last 150 years.

From the writing of Katherine Anne Porter to the life of the late Chicana pop star Selena; from the career of the distinguished Mexican anthropologist Manuel Gamio to Henry Cisneros and the 1990 Texas gubernatorial campaign; from Cormac McCarthy to John Sayles's film Lone Star, Limon's analysis engages us in the political, popular, and cultural dimensions of the border and offers hope for the future.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-241) and index.