TY - BOOK AU - VeÃÅlez-IbaÃÅnÃÉez, Carlos G.. TI - Border visions: Mexican cultures of the Southwest United States SN - 0816514224 (alk. paper) PY - 1996/// CY - Tucson PB - University of Arizona Press KW - Mexican Americans KW - Southwest, New KW - Social conditions KW - Ethnic identity KW - Mexican-American Border Region KW - Mexico KW - Emigration and immigration N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-341) and index; The continuing process : an ethnobiography. Without borders, the original vision -- The American entrada : barrioization and the development of Mexican commodity identity -- Political process, cultural invention, and social frailty : road to discovery. The politics of survival and revival : the struggle for existence and cultural dignity, 1848--1994 -- Living in confianza and patriarchy : the cultural systems of U.S. Mexican households -- The distribution of sadness : poverty, crime, drugs, illness, and war -- So farewell hope and with hope farewell fear, coming full circle : finding a place and space. The search for meaning and space through literature. Making pictures : U.S. Mexican place and space in mural art -- Conclusions : unmasking borders of mind and method ER -