Bandit nation : a history of outlaws and cultural struggle in Mexico, 1810-1920 /

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Presents an analysis of the cultural impact that banditry had on Mexico from the time of its independence to the Mexican Revolution. This book focuses on the nature and role of foreign travel accounts, novels, and popular ballads, to analyze how and why Mexicans and Anglo-Saxon travellers used image...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Frazer, Chris, 1959-
Formato: Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2006.
Temas:
Geschichte 1820-1917
Outlaws > Mexico > History.
Brigands and robbers > Mexico > History.
Popular culture > Mexico.
Hors-la-loi > Mexique > Histoire.
Bandits et brigands > Mexique > Histoire.
Culture populaire > Mexique.
TRUE CRIME > General.
Bandolerismo > México > Historia
Bandolerismo > En la literatura
Literatura > S.XIX > Historia y crítica
Brigands and robbers
Outlaws
Popular culture
Bandit
Outlaw
Volkskultur
Mexico
Mexiko
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : memory, legend, and history
  • Armed bodies of men : banditry and the Mexican state
  • The nest and nursery of brigands : travelers and bandits
  • Unsolved mysteries of civilization : banditry in the Mexican novel
  • With her pistols in her holster : bandits and corridos
  • Survival of the fittest : modernity and the Mexican atavist
  • Conclusion : the spirit of popular banditry.

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