Traces and Representations of the U.S.-Mexico Frontera

The following was the author’s presidential address at the annual meeting of the Pacific Coast Branch, American Historical Association, in Northridge, California, on August 4, 2017. The twentieth-century visual history of the U.S.-Mexico borderlands, la frontera, offers a rich set of representations...

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Published in:	Pacific historical review Vol. 87; no. 1; pp. 150 - 172
Main Author:	MORRISSEY, KATHERINE G.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Berkeley University of California Press 01-12-2018 University of California Press Books Division
Subjects:	20th century Borders Boundaries History Humphrey, Robert PACIFIC COAST BRANCH–AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION, PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS Photography Power Revolutions Visual culture Visualization Vocabulary United States > US Mexico
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Summary:	The following was the author’s presidential address at the annual meeting of the Pacific Coast Branch, American Historical Association, in Northridge, California, on August 4, 2017. The twentieth-century visual history of the U.S.-Mexico borderlands, la frontera, offers a rich set of representations of the shared border environments. Photographs, distributed in the United States and in Mexico, allow us to trace emerging ideas about the border region and the politicized borderline. This essay explores two border visualization projects—one centered on the Mexican Revolution and the visual vocabulary of the Mexican nation and the other on the repeat photography of plant ecologists—that illustrate the simultaneous instability and power of borders.
ISSN:	0030-8684 1533-8584
DOI:	10.1525/phr.2018.87.1.150