附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-269) and index.
Redefining the borderlands: from the Spanish southwest to greater Mexico, from Charles F. Lummis to Américo paredes -- Writing the dreams of la Nueva México: Rudolfo A. Anaya's Bless me, ultima and the southwest literary tradition -- The emergence of the Chicano novel: Tomás Rivera's ". . . y no se lo tragó la tierra" and the community of readers -- "A recorder of events with a sour stomach": Oscar Zeta Acosta and The autobiography of a brown buffalo -- "Making familia from scratch": Cherríe L. Moraga's Self-portraits -- "Mexicanos al grito de guerra": Rolando Hinojosa's Cronicón del condado de Belken -- "Como México no hay dos": Sandra Cisneros's feminist border stories.