Border Theory: The Limits of Cultural Politics

Contents

Contents Acknowledgments vii Border Secrets: An Introduction David E. Johnson and Scott Michaelsen 1 I. The Borderlands ONE Reflections on Border Theory, Culture, and the Nation Alejandro Lugo 43 TWO In the Borderlands of Chicano Identity, There Are Only Fragments Benjamin Alire Saenz 68 THREE On the Border with The Pilgrim: Zigzags across a Chapl(a)in's Signature Louis Kaplan 97 FOUR The Time of Translation: The Border of American Literature David E. Johnson 129 II. Other Geographies FIVE Run through the Borders: Feminism, Postmodernism, and Runaway Subjectivity Elaine K. Chang 169 SIX Compromised Narratives along the Border: The Mason­Dixon Line, Resistance, and Hegemony Russ Castronovo 195 SEVEN Resketching Anglo­Amerindian Identity Politics Scott Michaelsen 221 Afterword: Further Perspectives on Culture, Limits, and Borders Patricia Seed 253 Contributors 257 Index 259 ...