Stories about postcolonial bandits in Mexico have circulated since
the moment Mexico won its independence. Narratives have appeared or
been discussed in a wide variety of forms: novels, memoirs, travel
accounts, newspaper articles, the graphic arts, social science
literature, movies, ballads, and historical monographs. During the
decades between independence and the Mexican Revolution, bandit
narratives were integral to the broader national and class
struggles between Mexicans and foreigners concerning the definition
and creation of the Mexican nation-state.
"Bandit Nation" is the first complete analysis of the cultural
impact that banditry had on Mexico from the time of its
independence to the Mexican Revolution. Chris Frazer focuses on the
nature and role of foreign travel accounts, novels, and popular
ballads, known as corridos, to analyze how and why Mexicans and
Anglo-Saxon travelers created and used images of banditry to
influence state formation, hegemony, and national identity.
Narratives about banditry are linked to a social and political
debate about "mexican-ness" and the nature of justice. Although
considered a relic of the past, the Mexican bandit continues to
cast a long shadow over the present, in the form of
narco-traffickers, taxicab hijackers, and Zapatista guerrillas.
"Bandit Nation" is an important contribution to the cultural and
the general histories of postcolonial Mexico.
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