The “US-Mexico Border” offers a potent symbol of current political debates over immigration in the United States. Yet the meaning of the border for Mexican-, Anglo-, and Native-Americans has undergone significant transformations in the years between 1848 and the present. Through the use of film, literature, poetry, and historical and autobiographical narratives, we will explore the ways people in the US-Mexico Borderlands developed unique cultural, religious, and political identities that transcend national boundaries. Their experiences offer important insight on the modern struggle to define the so-called “insiders” and “outsiders” in American society.
