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PublisherManchester University Press

ISBN-101526121670

ISBN-139781526121677

eBay Product ID (ePID)18050099532

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Number of Pages224 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameSavage Song : Racist Violence and Armed Resistance in the Early Twentieth-Century U. S. -Mexico Borderlands

Publication Year2021

SubjectSociology / General, General, North America, United States / General

TypeTextbook

AuthorMargarita Aragon

Subject AreaSocial Science, History

SeriesRacism, Resistance and Social Change Ser.

FormatHardcover

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Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight18.6 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

Reviews'A Savage Song is a welcome addition to studies on the borderlands in the Southwestern region of the United States and black-brown relations in the construction of white racial domination. Aragon's keen anthropological eye helps the reader identify the sociological structures sustaining the illogic of racial domination. By analyzing the uses of violence in settler colonialism, on the Western frontier,and in the borderlands, Aragon shows us recurring themes in the defense of legal and extra-legal violence.' Luis F. Nuño, Ethnic and Racial Studies, 'A Savage Song is a welcome addition to studies on the borderlands in the Southwestern region of the United States and black-brown relations in the construction of white racial domination. Aragon's keen anthropological eye helps the reader identify the sociological structures sustaining the illogic of racial domination. By analyzing the uses of violence in settler colonialism, on the Western frontier,and in the borderlands, Aragon shows us recurring themes in the defense of legal and extra-legal violence.'Luis F. Nuño, Ethnic and Racial Studies, ' A Savage Song is a welcome addition to studies on the borderlands in the Southwestern region of the United States and black-brown relations in the construction of white racial domination. Aragon's keen anthropological eye helps the reader identify the sociological structures sustaining the illogic of racial domination. By analyzing the uses of violence in settler colonialism, on the Western frontier,and in the borderlands, Aragon shows us recurring themes in the defense of legal and extra-legal violence.' Luis F. Nuño, Ethnic and Racial Studies

Dewey Edition23

TitleLeadingA

Dewey Decimal305.8009730904

Table Of ContentIntroduction: The twentieth century dawns in blood 1 Imagining slaves and sovereigns 2 This land of barbarians 3 The Mexican has a country 4 Without a tremor 5 War to the knife Epilogue Bibliography Index

SynopsisThis book examines key moments in which collective and state violence invigorated racialized social boundaries around Mexican and African Americans in the United States, and in which they violently contested them. Bringing anti-Mexican violence into a common analytical framework with anti-black violence, A savage song examines several focal points in this oft-ignored history, including the 1915 rebellion of ethnic Mexicans in South Texas, and its brutal repression by the Texas Rangers and the 1917 mutiny of black soldiers of the 24th Infantry Regiment in Houston, Texas, in response to police brutality. Aragon considers both the continuities and stark contrasts across these different moments: how were racialized constructions of masculinity differently employed? How did African and Mexican American men, including those in uniform, respond to the violence of racism? And how was their resistance, including their claims to manhood and nation, understood by law enforcement, politicians, and the press? Building on extensive archival research, the book examines how African and Mexican American men have been constructed as 'racial problems', investigating, in particular, their relationship with law enforcement and ideas about black and Mexican criminality., This book examines key moments in which collective and state violence was used to invigorate racialised social boundaries around Mexican and African Americans in the United States, and in which they violently contested them. Bringing the often-ignored history of anti-Mexican violence into a common analytical framework with anti-black violence, it pays particular attention to constructions of manhood within key moments of social unrest and collective violence in the first half of the twentieth century. Using archival materials, the book thus examines how African and Mexican American men have been constructed as 'racial problems', investigating, in particular, their relationship with law enforcement and ideas about black and Mexican criminality. The book will be of interest to students in American studies as well as those interested in the sociology of racism and masculinity., This book examines key moments of violent social unrest in the twentieth century United States. Investigating the centrality of constructions of gender to American racism, it asks how African and Mexican American men, including those in uniform, responded to the violence of racism, and how their resistance, including their claims to manhood and nation, were understood by law enforcement, politicians, and press.

LC Classification NumberE184.A1