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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This book reflects the seemingly boundless capacity of South Texans to excite ,capture,andcarrymyimagination.Withoutyou,thisethnographywould not be the fascinating testament to contemporary U.S. political culture that it is. Thank you for providing such rich information and conveying it with such passion. In Hidalgo County, I particularly would like to thank Zorayda Alaniz, Ernest Aliseda, Edward Aparicio, Marcus Barrera, Eddie Canales, Joel Cano, Cali Carranza, David Champion, Robert Guerra, Ofelia De Los Santos , Luis Estévez, Cecilio Garza, Efren Garza, Patricia González, Crawford Higgins, Kay Jancik, Camille and Forrest Jones, Tony and Val LaMantia, Lisa Lechtner, Rodd Lewis, Letty Lopez, Willie Lopez, Rebeca Martinez, Mary Lou Mendez, Anne and Murray Moore, Teresa Navarro, Esau Peña, Jerry Pollinard, Eloy Pulido, Roberto Pulido, Aída Salinas-Flores, Alfonso Ramírez , Mauro Reyna, Rose Reyna, Elva Ríos, Raul Rodriguez, Hollis Rutledge, Emilio Santos, Mike Sinder, Juanita Valdez-Cox, Eva Wailes, and Dodie Wooldridge. For technical reasons, I changed many of your names in the text, but I am deeply indebted and appreciative to you for sharing your knowledge and making the fieldwork process wonderful. Even though not mentioned by name, I am equally grateful to the many men and women who have preferred to remain anonymous. I excluded their names and those of my contacts to them in respect of this request. I also offer a warm thank you to George Gause and his staff at the University of Texas Pan American. During the early phases of my research in Nueces County, I owe special thanks to Robert Bezdek , Linda Escobar and her family, Edward Galvan, Barbara Kline, Thomas Krenek, and Angelica Tovar for sharing their stories. You not only taught me about South Texas, you inspired me. This book is a token of my gratitude to you. I do not feel that it alleviates me from the obligation I owe many South Texans for sharing their knowledge and love for politics and music, but I hope that it does provide a fruitful starting place for future conversation. My sense of debt also extends to the individuals and agencies that provided me with crucial intellectual and financial aid. Richard Bauman and Carol Greenhouse provided essential critical dialogue. This project also greatly benefited from the insight of Cándida Jáquez, Stephanie Kane, and Beverly Stoeltje. Thank you to Helen Cordes, Anthony Fleury, Kathleen Glenister Roberts, Candice Lowe, James McDaniel, Gwen Kennedy Neville, Okello Ogwang, Lena Mortensen, Eric Selbin, and Sarah Quick for your support. A special thank you to Ramiro Escobar for assistance with transcription and translation and to Christina Burke, Kinsey Katchka, Theresa May, Elaine Robins, Pauline Spiegel, Margaret Van Blaricum, and the anonymous reviewers for their careful comments on the text. I also want to express my gratitude to Sharon Casteel, Nancy Bryan, Allison Faust, and Michael Williams at University of Texas Press for their creative and engaging work. Indiana University ’s Department of Communication and Culture funded my graduate training , and the Department of Anthropology provided essential material support through the Skomp Fund for my preliminary research as well as my dissertation field research. My final thanks go to my family, Bonner, Linda, Christopher , and J. A. Dorsey. x Pachangas [44.212.50.220] Project MUSE (2024-03-28 19:36 GMT) PACHAN GAS THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK ...