{"product_id":"gente-decente-a-borderlands-response-to-the-rhetoric-of-dominance-9780292728073","title":"Gente Decente: A Borderlands Response to the Rhetoric of Dominance","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn his books \u003ci\u003eThe Great Plains\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Great Frontier\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Texas Rangers, \u003c\/i\u003e historian Walter Prescott Webb created an enduring image of fearless, white, Anglo male settlers and lawmen bringing civilization to an American Southwest plagued with \"savage\" Indians and Mexicans. So popular was Webb's vision that it influenced generations of historians and artists in all media and effectively silenced the counter-narratives that Mexican American writers and historians were concurrently producing to claim their standing as \"gente decente,\" people of worth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese counter-narratives form the subject of Leticia M. Garza-Falc?n's study. She explores how prominent writers of Mexican descent-such as Jovita Gonz?lez, Am?rico Paredes, Mar?a Cristina Mena, Fermina Guerra, Beatriz de la Garza, and Helena Mar?a Viramontes -have used literature to respond to the dominative history of the United States, which offered retrospective justification for expansionist policies in the Southwest and South Texas. Garza-Falc?n shows how these counter-narratives capture a body of knowledge and experience excluded from \"official\" histories, whose \"facts\" often emerged more from literary techniques than from objective analysis of historical data.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leticia Magda Garza-Falcón\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 327\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.06w x 0.83d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780292728073","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43834599768201,"sku":"9780292728073","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_a5626f0c-ac34-44a5-ae5e-234484fc6b54.jpg?v=1743490645","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/gente-decente-a-borderlands-response-to-the-rhetoric-of-dominance-9780292728073","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}