Bandit Nation
Subtitle: A History of Outlaws and Cultural Struggle in Mexico, 1810-1920
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: December 1, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9780803220317
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; American history: from c 1900 -; Crime & criminology; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; Outlaws; History: World; History; True Crime / Espionage; Mexico; Popular culture; General; Latin America - Mexico; History / Mexico; Brigands and robbers
Description: "Bandit Nation is the first complete analysis of the cultural impact that banditry had on Mexico from the time of its independence to the Mexican Revolution. Chris Frazer focuses on the nature and role of foreign travel accounts, novels, and popular ballads, known as corridos, to analyze how and why Mexicans and Anglo-Saxon travelers created and used images of banditry to influence state formation, hegemony, and national identity. Narratives about banditry are linked to a social and political debate about "mexican-ness" and the nature of justice."--Jacket.