Title | : | On the Borders of Love and Power: Families and Kinship in the Intercultural American Southwest |
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ISBN | : | 0520272382 |
ISBN-10 | : | 9780520272385 |
Language | : | English |
Format Type | : | Hardcover |
Number of Pages | : | 366 |
Publication | : | First published January 1, 2012 |
Embracing the crossroads that made the region distinctive this book reveals how American families have always been characterized by greater diversity than idealizations of the traditional family have allowed. The essays show how family life figured prominently in relations to larger struggles for conquest and control.
On the Borders of Love and Power: Families and Kinship in the Intercultural American Southwest Reviews
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A collection of essays about the diversity in American families in the southwest. Most are very interesting but a few seem a little too weighty (at least for me).