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Subject(s)

• Mexicans—Cultural assimilation—Texas [Browse]
• Cultural fusion—Mexican-American Border Region [Browse]
• Cultural property—Mexican-American Border Region [Browse]
• Group identity—Mexican-American Border Region [Browse]
• Architecture and transnationalism—Mexican-American Border Region [Browse]
• Border security—Mexican-American Border Region [Browse]
• Mexican Americans—Texas—Ethnic identity [Browse]
• Texas—Foreign relations—Mexico, North [Browse]
• Mexico, North—Foreign relations—Texas [Browse]

Editor

• Romo, Harriett [Browse]
• Dupont, William, 1961- [Browse]

Series

Summerfield G. Roberts Texas history series [More in this series]

Summary note

"Borderlands: they stretch across national boundaries; they encompass many shared interests, relationships, and histories; they create a unique space that extends beyond the international boundary. They extend north and south of what we think of as the actual "border," encompassing even the urban areas of San Antonio, Texas, and Monterrey, Nueva León, Mexico, affirming shared identities and a sense of belonging far away from the geographical boundary. In Bridging Cultures: Reflections on the Heritage Identity of the Texas-Mexico Borderlands, editors Harriett Romo and William Dupont focus specifically on the lower reaches of the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo as it exits the mountains and meanders across a coastal plain. Bringing together perspectives of architects, historians, anthropologists, sociologists, educators, political scientists, geographers, and creative writers who span and encompass the border, its four sections explore the historical and cultural background of the region; the built environment of the transnational border region and how border towns came to look as they do; shared systems of ideas, beliefs, values, knowledge, norms of behavior, and customs-the way of life we think of as Borderlands culture; and how border security, trade and militarization, and media depictions impact the inhabitants of the Borderlands. In this edited volume, Romo and Dupont present the complexity of the Texas-Mexico Borderlands culture and historical heritage, exploring the tangible and intangible aspects of border culture, the meaning and legacy of the Borderlands, its influence on relationships and connections, and importantly, how to manage change in a region evolving dramatically over the past five centuries and into the future"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Chronology in Context
• The Spanish Borderlands: An Overview / by Jesús F. de la Teja
• The Indigenous Borderlands: Cultures without Boundaries / Daniel J. Gelo
• Defining Heritage Continuity and Contemporary Values in the Built Environment
• The Architecture of the Twentieth Century: Management of a Cultural Tradition of Modernity / by Enrique X. de Anda Alanis
• The Many Values of Cultural Heritage / by William A. Dupont
• The Question of Modern Heritage: Mid-Twentieth Century Architecture of the Texas-Tamaulipas Border / by Stephen Fox
• Picturing Reynosa: Visualizing the Past of a Rio Bravo Mexican Border Town / by Daniel D. Arreola
• Continuity of Cultural Heritage
• Extended Borders and Cultural Citizenship / by Harriett Romo and Gabriel Aguilar
• The Enduring Practice of Quinceañeras in the Borderlands: How a Timeless Ritual Maintains Culture, Language, and Latinx Identities / by Patricia Sánchez and Melinda Vargas
• Texas Borderlands Artists: A Modern Perspective / by Ricardo Romo
• Traversing Beloved Topographies of Immanence: Storying the Borderlands Imaginary / by John Phillip Santos
• Discontinuity of Cultural Heritage
• Militarized Borders and Digital Bridges: Ethnography, Art Exhibitions, and Archives / by Margaret E. Dorsey and Miguel Díaz-Barriga
• A History of Conflict and Resilience: Borderlands Transformations / by Harriett Romo and William A. Dupont.

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ISBN

• 9781623499754 (hardcover)
• 1623499755 (hardcover)

LCCN

2020053844

OCLC

1226074147

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