Apr 11, 2024
Great assessment of the strengths and limitations of memoir. You're right about the subjectivity of memoirs, and I agree that reading them in connection with other accounts helps us gain a more humanized perspective on the border.
Great assessment of the strengths and limitations of memoir. You're right about the subjectivity of memoirs, and I agree that reading them in connection with other accounts helps us gain a more humanized perspective on the border.
Associate Dean, History Instructor, & researcher of the Borderlands, U.S. West, & Modern Mexico. I just published a book about violence and the rural border.