Description: Remembering the Alamo: Memory, Modernity, and the Master Symbol by Richard R. Flores (Trade Paperback 2002) CONDITION: *PLEASE READ* New. Minor shelf wear has caused seal to split open along tail (see pictures). Otherwise no obvious defects. Pictures are of the actual item you will receive. Any flaws not mentioned are not intentional. Please view pictures carefully. SHIPS ASAP WITH WRAPAROUND CARDBOARD BACKING IN WATERPROOF POLY MAILER via USPS MEDIA MAIL If you have any questions about the item please do not hesitate to ask. DESCRIPTION: (from Amazon) "Remember the Alamo!" reverberates through Texas history and culture, but what exactly are we remembering? Over nearly two centuries, the Mexican victory over an outnumbered band of Alamo defenders has been transformed into an American victory for the love of liberty. Why did the historical battle of 1836 undergo this metamorphosis in memory and mythology to become such a potent master symbol in Texan and American culture? In this probing book, Richard Flores seeks to answer that question by examining how the Alamo's transformation into an American cultural icon helped to shape social, economic, and political relations between Anglo and Mexican Texans from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries. In the first part of the book, he looks at how the attempts of heritage society members and political leaders to define the Alamo as a place have reflected struggles within Texas society over the place and status of Anglos and Mexicans. In the second part, he explores how Alamo movies and the transformation of Davy Crockett into an Alamo hero/martyr have advanced deeply racialized, ambiguous, and even invented understandings of the past.
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Location: San Angelo, Texas
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Series: Cmas History, Culture, and Society Ser.
Publication Year: 2002
Type: Text Book
Format: Trade Paperback
Subject Area: Language Study, Symbols, History, Texas History, Mexican American Studies
Language: English
Publication Name: Remembering the Alamo : Memory, Modernity, and the Master Symbol
ISBN-10: 029272540X
Author: Richard R. Flores
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Number of Pages: 216 Pages