Land of Necessity Consumer Culture in the United States-Mexico Borderlands

Published in cooperation with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University.In Land of Necessity, historians and anthropologists unravel the interplay of the national and transnational and of scarcity and abundance in the region split by the 1,969-mile boundary...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: McCrossen, Alexis (Editor), Campbell, Howard (Editor), Greenberg, Amy S. (Editor), St. John, Rachel (Editor), Serna, Laura Isabel (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Duke University Press 2009
Subjects:
Online Access:OAPEN Library: download the publication
OAPEN Library: description of the publication
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

MARC

LEADER 00000naaaa2200000uu 4500
001 oapen_2024_20_500_12657_49430
005 20210610
003 oapen
006 m o d
007 cr|mn|---annan
008 20210610s2009 xx |||||o ||| 0|eng d
020 |a /doi.org/10.1215/9780822390787 
020 |a 9781478090823 
040 |a oapen  |c oapen 
024 7 |a https://doi.org/10.1215/9780822390787  |c doi 
041 0 |a eng 
042 |a dc 
072 7 |a HBJK  |2 bicssc 
072 7 |a JHB  |2 bicssc 
072 7 |a HBJK  |2 bicssc 
100 1 |a McCrossen, Alexis  |4 edt 
700 1 |a Campbell, Howard  |4 edt 
700 1 |a Greenberg, Amy S.  |4 edt 
700 1 |a St. John, Rachel  |4 edt 
700 1 |a Serna, Laura Isabel  |4 edt 
700 1 |a McCrossen, Alexis  |4 oth 
700 1 |a Campbell, Howard  |4 oth 
700 1 |a Greenberg, Amy S.  |4 oth 
700 1 |a St. John, Rachel  |4 oth 
700 1 |a Serna, Laura Isabel  |4 oth 
245 1 0 |a Land of Necessity  |b Consumer Culture in the United States-Mexico Borderlands 
260 |b Duke University Press  |c 2009 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a computer  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a online resource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
506 0 |a Open Access  |2 star  |f Unrestricted online access 
520 |a Published in cooperation with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University.In Land of Necessity, historians and anthropologists unravel the interplay of the national and transnational and of scarcity and abundance in the region split by the 1,969-mile boundary line dividing Mexico and the United States. This richly illustrated volume, with more than 100 images including maps, photographs, and advertisements, explores the convergence of broad demographic, economic, political, cultural, and transnational developments resulting in various forms of consumer culture in the borderlands. Though its importance is uncontestable, the role of necessity in consumer culture has rarely been explored. Indeed, it has been argued that where necessity reigns, consumer culture is anemic. This volume demonstrates otherwise. In doing so, it sheds new light on the history of the U.S.-Mexico borderlands, while also opening up similar terrain for scholarly inquiry into consumer culture.The volume opens with two chapters that detail the historical trajectories of consumer culture and the borderlands. In the subsequent chapters, contributors take up subjects including smuggling, tourist districts and resorts, purchasing power, and living standards. Others address home décor, housing, urban development, and commercial real estate, while still others consider the circulation of cinematic images, contraband, used cars, and clothing. Several contributors discuss the movement of people across borders, within cities, and in retail spaces. In the two afterwords, scholars reflect on the U.S.-Mexico borderlands as a particular site of trade in labor, land, leisure, and commodities, while also musing about consumer culture as a place of complex political and economic negotiations. Through its focus on the borderlands, this volume provides valuable insight into the historical and contemporary aspects of the big "isms" shaping modern life: capitalism, nationalism, transnationalism, globalism, and, without a doubt, consumerism.Contributors. Josef Barton, Peter S. Cahn, Howard Campbell, Lawrence Culver, Amy S. Greenberg, Josiah McC. Heyman, Sarah Hill, Alexis McCrossen, Robert Perez, Laura Isabel Serna, Rachel St. John, Mauricio Tenorio-Trillo, Evan R. Ward 
536 |a Knowledge Unlatched 
540 |a Creative Commons  |f https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode  |2 cc  |4 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode 
546 |a English 
650 7 |a History of the Americas  |2 bicssc 
650 7 |a Sociology  |2 bicssc 
650 7 |a History of the Americas  |2 bicssc 
653 |a History 
653 |a United States 
653 |a 20th Century 
653 |a Social Science 
653 |a Sociology 
653 |a History 
653 |a Latin America 
653 |a Mexico 
856 4 0 |a www.oapen.org  |u https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/494fccf5-01a5-4d43-8794-7b084b982ace/external_content.pdf  |7 0  |z OAPEN Library: download the publication 
856 4 0 |a www.oapen.org  |u https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/49430  |7 0  |z OAPEN Library: description of the publication