Fatherhood in the Borderlands - A Daughter's Slow Approach (Paperback)

As a young girl growing up in Houston, Texas, in the 1980s, Domino Perez spent her free time either devouring books or watching films-and thinking, always thinking, about the media she consumed. The meaningful connections between these media and how we learn form the basis of Perez's "slow" research approach to race, class, and gender in the borderlands. Part cultural history, part literary criticism, part memoir, Fatherhood in the Borderlands takes an incisive look at the value of creative inquiry while it examines the nuanced portrayal of Mexican American fathers in literature and film. Perez reveals a shifting tension in the literal and figurative borderlands of popular narratives and shows how form, genre, and subject work to determine the roles Mexican American fathers are allowed to occupy. She also calls our attention to the cultural landscape that has allowed such a racialized representation of Mexican American fathers to continue, unopposed, for so many years. Fatherhood in the Borderlands brings readers right to the intersection of the white cultural mainstream in the United States and Mexican American cultural productions, carefully considering the legibility and illegibility of Brown fathers in contemporary media.

General

Imprint:	University Of Texas Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2022
First published:	2022
Authors:	Domino Renee Perez
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	368
ISBN-13:	978-1-4773-2634-3
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Family & relationships > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Promotions
LSN:	1-4773-2634-0
Barcode:	9781477326343

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