River of Hope ：Forging Identity and Nation in the Rio Grande Borderlands ( 1 )

Publication subTitle ：Forging Identity and Nation in the Rio Grande Borderlands

Publication series ：1

Author： Omar S. Valerio-Jiménez  

Publisher： Duke University Press‎

Publication year： 2012

E-ISBN: 9780822395058

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780822351856

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9780822351719

Subject： C912.4 cultural anthropology, social anthropology;K7 Americas History;Q983 physique anthropology

Keyword： Group identity -- Texas -- Lower Rio Grande Valley., Group identity -- Mexican-American Border Region., Citizenship -- Political aspects -- United States., Citizenship -- Political aspects -- Mexico., Lower Rio Grande Valley (Tex.) -- History., Mexican-American Border Region -- History.

Language： ENG

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Description

In River of Hope, Omar S. Valerio-Jiménez examines state formation, cultural change, and the construction of identity in the lower Rio Grande region during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. He chronicles a history of violence resulting from multiple conquests, of resistance and accommodation to state power, and of changing ethnic and political identities. The redrawing of borders neither began nor ended the region's long history of unequal power relations. Nor did it lead residents to adopt singular colonial or national identities. Instead, their regionalism, transnational cultural practices, and kinship ties subverted state attempts to control and divide the population.

Diverse influences transformed the borderlands as Spain, Mexico, and the United States competed for control of the region. Indian slaves joined Spanish society; Mexicans allied with Indians to defend river communities; Anglo Americans and Mexicans intermarried and collaborated; and women sued to confront spousal abuse and to secure divorces. Drawn into multiple conflicts along the border, Mexican nationals and Mexican Texans (tejanos) took advantage of their transnational social relations and ambiguous citizenship to escape criminal prosecution, secure political refuge, and obtain economic opportunities. To confront the racialization of their cultural practices and their increasing criminalization, tejanos claimed citizenship rights within the United States and, i

Chapter

Contents

List of Maps, Figures, and Tables

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1. Constructing Vecinos, Constructing Indios: Complex Interdependence

Chapter 2. Fragmented Communities: Class and Gender Hierarchies

Chapter 3. Opposing Forces: Political Loyalty and Trade

Chapter 4. Bandidos or Citizens? : Everyday Forms of Resistance to Political and Legal Changes

Chapter 5. Divorcées, Rancheros, and Peons: Changing Class and Gender Relations

Chapter 6. Contested Citizenship: The Enduring Roles of Race and Class

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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