Title Bridging cultures : reflections on the heritage identity of the Texas-Mexico borderlands / edited by Harriett D. Romo and William A. Dupont

Edition First edition Published College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2021] ©2021

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 319 pages, 10 pages of plates) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) Series Summerfield G. Roberts Texas history series Summerfield G. Roberts Texas history series. Contents Section 1: Chronology in Context : 1. The Spanish Borderlands: An Overview / by Jesús F. de la Teja -- 2. The Indigenous Borderlands: Cultures without Boundaries / by Daniel J. Gelo -- Section 2: Defining Heritage Continuity and Contemporary Values in the Built Environment : 3. The Architecture of the Twentieth Century: Management of a Cultural Tradition of Modernity / by Enrique X. de Anda Alanis -- 4. The Many Values of Cultural Heritage / by William A. Dupont -- 5. The Question of Modern Heritage: Mid-Twentieth Century Architecture of the Texas-Tamaulipas Border / by Stephen Fox -- 6. Picturing Reynosa: Visualizing the Past of a Río Bravo Mexican Border Town / by Daniel D. Arreola -- Section 3: Continuity of Cultural Heritage : 7. Extended Borders and Cultural Citizenship / by Harriett D. Romo and Gabriel Aguilar -- 8. The Enduring Practice of Quinceañeras in the Borderlands: How a Timeless Ritual Maintains Culture, Language, and Latinx Identities / by Patricia Sánchez and Melinda Vargas -- 9. Texas Borderlands Artists: A Modern Perspective / by Ricardo Romo -- 10. Traversing Beloved Topographies of Immanence: Storying the Borderlands Imaginary / by John Phillip Santos -- Section 4: Discontinuity of Cultural Heritage : 11. Militarized Borders and Digital Bridges: Ethnography, Art Exhibitions, and Archives / by Margaret E. Dorsey and Miguel Díaz-Barriga -- 12. A History of Conflict and Resilience: Borderlands Transformations / by Harriett d. Romo and William A. Dupont Summary "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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-300) and index Notes Print version record Subject Mexicans -- Cultural assimilation -- Texas Cultural fusion -- Mexican-American Border Region Cultural property -- Mexican-American Border Region Group identity -- Mexican-American Border Region Architecture and transnationalism -- Mexican-American Border Region Border security -- Mexican-American Border Region Mexican Americans -- Texas -- Ethnic identity Architecture and transnationalism Border security Cultural fusion Cultural property Diplomatic relations Group identity Mexican Americans -- Ethnic identity Mexicans -- Cultural assimilation SUBJECT Texas -- Foreign relations -- Mexico, North Mexico, North -- Foreign relations -- Texas Subject North America -- Mexican-American Border Region North Mexico Texas Form Electronic book Author Romo, Harriett, editor Dupont, William, 1961- editor. ISBN 9781623499761 1623499763 1623499755 9781623499754

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