Remembering the Alamo Memory, Modernity, and the Master Symbol

Name: Remembering the Alamo Memory, Modernity, and the Master Symbol
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ISBN: 9780292725409

ISBN-10: 029272540X

ISBN-13: 9780292725409

Edition: 2002

Authors: Richard R. Flores

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"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…

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List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 6/1/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Preface and Acknowledgments


Introduction



The Texas Modern



The Alamo as Place, 1836-1905


History, Memory-Place, and Silence: The Public Construction of the Past


From San Fernando de Bexar to the Alamo City: The Political Unconscious of Plaza Space


From Private Visions to Public Culture: The Making of the Alamo



The Alamo as Project, 1890-1960


Cinematic Images: Frontiers, Nationalism, and the Mexican Question


Why Does Davy Live? Modernity and Its Heroics


Conclusion: The Alamo as Tex(Mex) Master Symbol of Modernity


Notes


References


Index