Middle Men: Establishing Non-Anglo Masculinity in Southwestern Literature

By examining southwestern masculinity from three separate lenses of cultural experience, Mexican American, Native American and female, this thesis aims to acknowledge the blending of masculinities that is taking place in both the fictitious and factual southwest. Long gone are the days when the cowboys chased down the savage Indians or the Mexican bandits. Southwestern literature now focuses on how these different cultures and traditions can re-construct their masculinities in a way that will be beneficial to all. The southwest is a land of borders and liminal spaces between the United States and Mexico, between brown and white, legal and illegal. All of these borders converge here to create the last American frontier. These converging borders also encompass converging traditions, cultures, and genders. By blending the cowboy, the macho, and the warrior, perhaps these Southwestern writers can construct a liminal masculinity more representative of the southwest itself.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2003

Author dc:creator

• King, Charla

Contributors dc:contributor

• Muyumba, Walton
• Foertsch, Jacqueline
• Tanner, James T. F.

• American literature -- Southwestern States -- History and criticism.
• Masculinity in literature.
• Mexican Americans in literature.
• Indians in literature.
• Southwestern literature
• cowboy
• masculinity
• literature

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• Use restricted to UNT Community
• Copyright
• King, Charla
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 53333805
https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4259/
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