Forgetting the Alamo, or, Blood memory: a novel

by Perez, Emma

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Title Statements

Full title :Forgetting the Alamo, or, Blood memory : a novel / by Emma Pérez.

Summary

This literary adventure takes place in nineteenth-century Texas and follows the story of a Tejana lesbian cowgirl after the fall of the Alamo. Micaela Campos, the central character, witnesses the violence against Mexicans, African Americans, and indigenous peoples after the infamous battles of the Alamo and of San Jacinto, both in 1836. Resisting an easy opposition between good versus evil and brown versus white characters, the novel also features Micaela's Mexican-Anglo cousin who assists and hinders her progress. Micaela's travels give us a new portrayal of the American West, populated by people of mixed races who are vexed by the collision of cultures and politics. Ultimately, Micaela's journey and her romance with a black/American Indian woman teach her that there are no easy solutions to the injustices that birthed the Texas Republic.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2009.
Edition:1st ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):University of Texas Press
Place of Publication:Austin
Language:eng
Publication Date:2009.

The Physical Object

Description:viii, 206 pages : : map ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780292719200, 0292719205, 9780292721289, 0292721285
oclc:ocn318192010
LC Classification:PS3566.E691324
Dewey Decimal:813/.54

Subjects

Américains d'origine mexicaine -- Roman… Fiction Guerre et société -- Romans, nouvelles,… Historical fiction History Mexican Americans -- Fiction. -- Social… Mexican Americans -- Social conditions Texas Texas -- Fiction. -- History -- Republi… Texas -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. -- His… War and society War and society -- Fiction