“I’m Just a Cowboy”: Transnational Identities of the Borderlands in Tommy Lee Jones’ The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada.
As a problematic in-between space of racial antagonisms, liminal identities, and violence, the borderlands of the American Southwest prove fertile grounds for scrutinising Anglo-America’s national frontier mythology and, therefore, its own sense of history and cultural identity. This article explore...
Main Author: | Matthew Carter |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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European Association for American Studies
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Series: | European Journal of American Studies |
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Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/ejas/9845 |
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