The Nation's New South: Cormac McCarthy's All the Pretty Horses, UTRGV's Vaquero Mascot, and Quarantining National Malaise on the US-Mexico Border.

Authors

• Caroline Miles, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-2021

Abstract

The article analyzes American writer Cormac McCarthy's "All the pretty horses' and the University of Texas Rio Grand Valley's (UTRGV) mascot, The vaquero, to argue that the U.S.- Mexico border is written to negate national guilt and responsibility associated with a history of conflict, exclusion and violence. It argues how the U.S.-Mexico border is often ignored in discussions of the American South and is usually analyzed as part of the West or Southwest.

Recommended Citation

Miles, Caroline. “The Nation’s New South: Cormac McCarthy’s All the Pretty Horses, UTRGV’s Vaquero Mascot, and Quarantining National Malaise on the US-Mexico Border.” Southwestern American Literature, vol. 47, no. 2, Apr. 2021, 161391658, pp. 7–18.

First Page

7

Last Page

18

Publication Title

Southwestern American Literature