File Format | PDF
File Size | 2.26 MB
Pages | 219
Language | English
Category | Lesbian
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Description: This literary
adventure takes place in nineteenth-century Texas and follows the story of a
Tejana lesbian cowgirl after the fall of the Alamo. Micaela Campos, the central
character, witnesses the violence against Mexicans, African Americans, and
indigenous peoples after the infamous battles of the Alamo and of San Jacinto,
both in 1836.
Resisting an
easy opposition between good versus evil and brown versus white characters, the
novel also features Micaela's Mexican-Anglo cousin who assists and hinders her
progress. Micaela's travels give us a new portrayal of the American West,
populated by people of mixed races who are vexed by the collision of cultures
and politics.
Ultimately,
Micaela's journey and her romance with a black/American Indian woman teach her
that there are no easy solutions to the injustices that birthed the Texas
Republic.
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Forgetting the Alamo, Or, Blood Memory ( Lesbian Book )