Erin Murrah-Mandril

In the Mean Time

Temporal Colonization and the Mexican American Literary Tradition

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Produktbeschreibung

Taking a cue from Latina/o and borderlands spatial theories, In the Mean Time argues that time, like space, is a socially constructed, ideologically charged medium of power in the Southwest.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bison Books
• Seitenzahl: 186
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 445g
• ISBN-13: 9781496211828
• ISBN-10: 1496211820
• Artikelnr.: 58123362

Autorenporträt

Erin Murrah-Mandril is an associate professor of English and a core faculty member for the Center for Mexican American Studies at the University of Texas at Arlington.    

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction: The Mean Time of U.S. Modernity
1. Temporal Colonization: Getting Railroaded in The Squatter and the Don
2. Progress in the Land of Poco Tiempo: Miguel Antonio Otero’s Political
Vision
3. Specters of Recovery: Temporal Economies of Debt and Inheritance in
Adina De Zavala’s History and Legends of the Alamo
4. Modernity and Historical Desire: Differential Time Consciousness in
Caballero
Afterword: The Discontinuous Inheritance of Mexican American Literature
Notes
References
Index