| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xxii, 303 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-291) and index. |
| Contents |
History as Narrative -- Walter Prescott Webb's The Great Plains and The Texas Rangers: The Dissolution of History in Narrative -- The Historical Fiction of Jovita Gonzáles: Complex and Competing Class Identities -- Marı́a Cristina Mena's Elite, Fermina Guerra's "Folk": The Struggles of Their Distinct and Converging Worlds -- Américo Paredes's Narratives of Resistance: Property, Labor, Education, Gender, and Class Relations -- Media Reportage as " History-in-the-Making": Two Short Stories by Helena Marı́a Viramontes -- The Texas History of Beatriz de la Garza's Narratives: Sustaining Women, Hispanic Heroes, and a Sense of Place. |
| Form |
Also issued online. |
| Provenance |
Ludmila Kapschutschenko-Schmitt Memorial Collection |
| Subject |
American literature -- Mexican American authors -- History and criticism.
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American literature -- Mexican American authors. |
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Mireles, Jovita González, 1904-1983 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Mireles, Jovita González, 1904-1983. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Mena, María Cristina, 1893-1965 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Mena, María Cristina, 1893-1965. |
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Viramontes, Helena María, 1954- -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Viramontes, Helena María, 1954- |
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De La Garza, Beatriz Eugenia -- Criticism and interpretation.
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De La Garza, Beatriz Eugenia. |
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Paredes, Américo, 1915-1999 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Paredes, Américo, 1915-1999. |
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Mexican-American Border Region -- In literature.
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English language -- United States -- Rhetoric.
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English language. |
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United States. |
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Rhetoric. |
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Mexican Americans -- Intellectual life.
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Mexican Americans -- Intellectual life. |
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Dominance (Psychology) in literature.
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Dominance (Psychology) in literature. |
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Mexican Americans in literature.
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Mexican Americans in literature. |
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Ethnic relations in literature.
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Ethnic relations in literature. |
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Texas -- In literature.
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Texas. |
| Other Form: |
Online version: Garza-Falcón, Leticia. Gente decente. 1st ed. Austin : University of Texas Press, 1998 (OCoLC)605502512 |
| ISBN |
0292728069 alkaline paper |
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9780292728066 alkaline paper |
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0292728077 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780292728073 paperback alkaline paper |
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