{"product_id":"language-of-blood-the-making-of-spanish-american-identity-in-new-mexico-1880s-1930s-9780826324245","title":"Language of Blood: The Making of Spanish-American Identity in New Mexico, 1880s-1930s","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen the United States declared war on Spain in 1898, rumors abounded throughout the nation that the Spanish-speaking population of New Mexico secretly sympathized with the enemy. At the end of the war, \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e warned that New Mexico's \"Mexicans professed a deep hostility to American ideas and American policies.\" As long as Spanish remained the primary language of public instruction, the \u003cem\u003eTimes\u003c\/em\u003e admonished, \"the majority of the inhabitants will remain 'Mexican' and retain a pseudo-allegiance [to Spain].\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis perception of Spanish-speaking New Mexicans as \"un-American\" was widely shared. Such allegations of disloyalty, coupled with the prevalent views that all Mexican peoples were racially non-white and \"unfit\" to assume the rights and responsibilities of full citizenship, inspired powerful reactions among the Spanish-speaking people of New Mexico. Most sought to distinguish themselves from Mexican immigrants by emphasizing their \"Spanish\" roots. Tourism, too, began to foster the myth that nuevomexicanos were culturally and racially Spanish. Since the 1950s, historians, sociologists, and anthropologists have dismissed the ubiquitous Spanish heritage claimed by many New Mexicans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn M. Nieto-Phillips, himself a \u003cem\u003enuevomexicano, \u003c\/em\u003e argues that Spanish-American identity evolved out of a medieval rhetoric about blood purity, or limpieza de sangre, as well as a modern longing to enter the United States's white body politic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-3631585\"\u003eJohn M. Nieto-Phillips\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of New Mexico Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.08lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.88h x 6.18w x 0.95d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780826324245\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 082632424X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC008000\"\u003eCultural \u0026amp; Ethnic Studies | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS036130\"\u003eUnited States | State \u0026amp; Local | Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of New Mexico Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49125481513197,"sku":"9780826324245","price":49.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_f387aaad-6ec5-41c4-b9b3-dea6550b7672.jpg?v=1765563914","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/language-of-blood-the-making-of-spanish-american-identity-in-new-mexico-1880s-1930s-9780826324245","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}