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The Not So ”New” Mexico
2017
Overview
This chapter shifts the focus of Southwest history back to New Mexico as it analyses the memoir, We Fed Them Cactus, written by Nuevomexicana cultural broker, Fabiola Cabeza de Baca. The memoir allows Cabeza de Baca to (re)claim her herencia, or inheritance, as she documents the historical implications of U.S imperialism and the ways in which she suffers the impacts of physical and cultural displacement in the burgeoning U.S. Southwest. This chapter also argues that Cabeza de Baca employs a unique narrative style and voice that is androgynous – a tactic that allows her access to the masculine space of historical documentation and storytelling that was then dominated by men. Through her work, Cabeza de Baca preserves the stories of her Hispano New Mexican past, she attempts to maintain a social structure on the verge of loss, and she demonstrates her querencia, or deep abiding love for her homeland.
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University of North Carolina Press
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ISBN
9781469633824, 1469633825
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