Archives of dispossession : recovering the testimonios of Mexican American herederas, 1848-1960 / Karen R. Roybal.

"One method of American territory expansion in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands was the denial of property rights to Mexican land owners. Many historical accounts overlook this colonial impact on Indigenous and Mexican peoples, and what existing studies do tackle this subject tend to privilege the m...

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Main Author: Roybal, Karen R. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2017]
Series:Gender & American culture.
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Table of Contents:
  • Mexican American women's alternative archive : linking testimonio, memory, and history
  • Testimonio in the writings of María Amparo Ruiz de Burton
  • Jovita González stakes a claim in Tejas history
  • The not so "New" Mexico : struggle for land, identity, and agency.