Revolvers and pistolas, vaqueros and caballeros : debunking the Old West / D.H. Figueredo.

"Early Anglo settlers in the Old West crafted negative images of Latinos in part to help justify the takeover of land occupied by Mexicans and Spaniards at the time. Unfortunately, these depictions were perpetuated throughout the 20th century in art, popular culture, and media...eventually reshaping...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Figueredo, D. H., 1951-
Language:	English
Published:	Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, [2015]
Series:	Intersections of race, ethnicity, and culture.
Subjects:	Hispanic Americans > West (U.S.) > History. Mexicans > West (U.S.) > History. Spaniards > West (U.S.) > History. Cowboys > West (U.S.) > History. Stereotypes (Social psychology) > United States > History. Hispanic Americans in popular culture. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies. HISTORY / Study & Teaching. West (U.S.) > History > Errors, inventions, etc. West (U.S.) > Ethnic relations > History. West (U.S.) > In popular culture. West (U.S.) > Folklore.
Genre:	Folklore.
Physical Description:	xii, 281 pages ; 25 cm.
Format:	Book

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