Border Culture (Hardcover)

Border Culture Book Description

The border between the United States and Mexico, despite attempts at containment, remains a vast and uniquely malleable yet indefinable region. With "Border Culture," Ilan Stavans has collected essays representative of the tangled experiences and issues central to life between cultures.

Divided into two sections, "Border Culture" covers topics essential to better understanding this often misunderstood region and state-of-mind. The first section, "Considerations," culls essays covering socio-economic and political topics illustrating the hyper reality of life and living on "La Frontera." Section two, ""Testimonios,"" takes careful consideration of lives affected by the border, either as a finite place, alternate universe, or the framework of the border as a state-of-mind, through various historic and literary accounts of "La Frontera." This enlightening and comprehensive collection will no doubt help readers better understand border culture.

About the Author :

Ilan Stavans has contributed to Border Culture as an author. Ilan Stavans is Lewis-Sebring Professor in Latin American and Latino Culture and Five College-40th Anniversary Professor at Amherst College.

Ilan Stavans nacio en Mexico, en 1961. Curso estudios de posgrado en la Universidad de Columbia, y ahora tiene la catedra Lewis-Sebring de cultura latina y latinoamericana en Amherst College.

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