Common border, uncommon paths: race, culture, and national identity in U.S.-Mexican relations

408 Pages·1997·2.14 MB·English

by  Jaime E. Rodríguez O., Kathryn Vincent, University of California Institute for Mexico and the United States

Common Border, Uncommon Paths : Race,
Culture, and National Identity in U.S.-
title:
Mexican Relations Latin American
Silhouettes
author: RodrÃguez O., Jaime E.
publisher: Scholarly Resources, Inc.
isbn10 | asin: 0842026738
print isbn13: 9780842026734
ebook isbn13: 9780585199498
language: English
United States--Relations--Mexico--
Congresses, Mexico--Relations--United
States--Congresses, National characteristics,
American--Congresses, National
subject
characteristics, Mexican--Congresses,
Racism--United States--Congresses,
Racism--Mexico--Congresses.
publication date: 1997
lcc: E183.8.M6C64 1997eb
ddc: 303.48/273072
United States--Relations--Mexico--
Congresses, Mexico--Relations--United
States--Congresses, National characteristics,
subject: American--Congresses, National
characteristics, Mexican--Congresses,
Racism--United States--Congresses,
Racism--Mexico--Congresses.
Page i
Common Border, Uncommon Paths
Page ii
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Common Border, Uncommon Paths
Race, Culture, and National Identity in U.S.-Mexican
Relations
Edited by
Jaime E. Rodríguez O. and Kathryn Vincent
A Scholarly Resources Inc. Imprint
Wilmington, Delaware
Published in cooperation with the University of California Institute for Mexico and the
United States (UC MEXUS)
(c) 1997 by The Regents of the University of California
All rights reserved
First published 1997
Printed and bound in the United States of America
Scholarly Resources Inc.
104 Greenhill Avenue
Wilmington, DE 19805-1897
Sources for Illustrations
Archivo General de la Nación, Mexico City; Biblioteca Nacional de México, Mexico City;
Los Angeles Times Syndicate, Los Angeles, California.
Frontispiece: (c) 1996 by Paul Conrad. Distributed by Los Angeles Times Syndicate.
Reprinted by permission.
Front endsheet: A New Map of America Septentrionale (North America), based on the work
of Mr. Sanson, geographer to the king of France, published London, 1669, by Richard
Blome (shows California as an island).
Back endsheet: L'Amérique Septentrionale (North America) by Guillaume de l'Isle,
published in Amsterdam, 1700.
Cover art: Brad Rowe, University of California, Riverside, Publications.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Common border, uncommon paths : race, culture, and national identity in U.S.-
Mexican relations / edited by Jaime E. Rodríguez O., Kathryn Vincent.
p. cm. (Latin American silhouettes)
Some essays translated from Spanish.
Drawn from papers presented at a conference convened under the umbrella
of the UC MEXUS program Critical Issues in U.S.-Mexican Relations.
"Published in cooperation with the University of California Institute for
Mexico and the United States (UC MEXUS)"T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8420-2673-8 (alk. paper)
1. United StatesRelationsMexicoCongresses. 2. Mexico
RelationsUnited StatesCongresses. 3. National characteristics,
AmericanCongresses. 4. National characteristics, MexicanCongresses.
5. RacismUnited StatesCongresses. 6. RacismMexicoCongresses.
I. Rodríguez O., Jaime E., 1940- . II. Vincent, Kathryn, 1948- .
III. University of California Institute for Mexico and the United States.
IV. Series.
E183.8.M6C64 1997
303.48'273072-dc21 97-8951
CIP
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American
National Standard for permanence of paper for printed library materials, Z39.48, 1984.
Page v
In Memory of Our Fathers
Luis Arsenio Rodríguez Sandoval
and
David Lloyd Thomas
Page vii
Contents
Preface ix
Contributors xi
Back to the Future: Racism and National Culture in U.S.- 1
Mexican Relations
Jaime E. Rodríguez O. and Kathryn Vincent
California: Land of Frontiers 15
Miguel León-Portilla
Race and National Destiny 27
Ramón Eduardo Ruiz
Racism and Mestizaje 43
Moisés González Navarro
Mexican Cultural Identity in a U.S. City: The Roots of 79
Collective Action in Los Angeles
José Manuel Valenzuela Arce
Cultural Relations between the United States and Mexico 99
Carlos Monsiváis
Writing the Border: The Languages and Limits of 123
Representation
Norma Klahn
Beyond Myths and Borders in Mexican and North 143
American Literature
Luis Leal
Bibliography 167