Spatial and Discursive Violence in the Us Southwest

by Rosaura Sánchez

Book Overview

In Spatial and Discursive Violence in the US Southwest Rosaura S nchez and Beatrice Pita examine literary representations of settler colonial land enclosure and dispossession in the history of New Mexico, Texas, and Oklahoma. S nchez and Pita analyze a range of Chicano/a and Native American novels, films, short stories, and other cultural artifacts from the eighteenth century to the present, showing how Chicano/a works often celebrate an idealized...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478011734
• ISBN13: 9781478011736
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"