Up against the wall re-imagining the U.S.-Mexico border / Edward S. Casey and Mary Watkins.

Author/creator Casey, Edward S., 1939-
Other author Watkins, Mary M.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoAustin, TX : University of Texas Press, [2014]
Descriptionxiv, 288 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
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SeriesLouann Atkins temple women & culture series ; Book thirty-five
Contents List of illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Re-viewing la frontera : borders versus boundaries -- La frontera as border and boundary -- Ambos Nogales : a tale of two cities -- Tijuana : the wall and the estuary -- Wall and river in the lower rio grande valley -- Postlude 1. walled up and walled out -- Looking both ways at the border -- Prelude to Part 2. Friendship park : first encounter -- The creation of an internal colony : Santa Barbara, a city divided against itself -- Juan crow: the American ethnoracial caste system and the criminalization of Mexican migrants -- The souls of anglos -- Border-wall art as limit acts -- Creating communities of hospitality : growing connective tissue between immigrants and citizens -- Postlude 2. Gaining access to the heart of our home -- Epilogue: from standing in the shadows of walls to imagining them otherwise -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 273-281) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2013048572
ISBN9780292758414 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780292759381 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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