Mean Green: Nation Building in the National Border Patrol Museum

by Gabriela E. Moreno

Overview

Mean Green: Nation Building in the National Border Patrol Museum presents an analysis of the National Border Patrol Museum in El Paso, Texas, that deploys theoretical approaches in the disciplines of visual and cultural studies, border studies, ethnic studies, discourse analysis, museology, and spatial theory.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781433135255
Publisher:	Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Publication date:	06/30/2017
Series:	Criminal Humanities & Forensic Semiotics , #4
Pages:	140
Product dimensions:	5.91(w) x 8.86(h) x (d)

About the Author

Gabriela E. Moreno graduated from The University of Arizona with a Ph.D. in Hispanic literature, emphasis in border studies. She is Assistant Professor at New Mexico State University where she oversees the SHL/SNS Language Program. She is a co-author of Tertulia: La escritura como acto público, social y cultural. She currently serves as co-advisor for two student-led groups: CAMP and MHAR. Her primary research interests include heritage languages/cultures/identities, border issues, immigration, language socialization, and languages in contact.

Table of Contents

List of Figures – Acknowledgments – Preface – Situating and Visualizing the National Border Patrol Museum – History of the Border and the Creation of the National Border Patrol Museum – Locus of Order: Spatiality in Nation Building and Cultural Commodification – Wild, Wild West: The Construction and Reconstruction of Racial Identities (Part I) – Homies in the House: The Construction and Reconstruction of Racial Identities (Part II) – Conclusion – Index.