Finally heard: A rhetorical look at the 1971 Pharr Riot

Authors

Christina Garza, University of Texas - Pan American

Date of Award

8-2008

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

English

First Advisor

Dr. Danika M. Brown

Second Advisor

Dr. Mark Noe

Third Advisor

Dr. Beatrice Newman

Abstract

This article attempts to view the 1971 Pharr riot through a rhetorical lens in an effort to understand the social roles that Mexican-Americans took throughout the city's history. Using David Zarefsky's essay, "Four Senses of Rhetorical History," and his concepts of rhetorical history, this article will examine the history of Pharr and attempt to understand the role that the Mexican-American population played in the city's inception. It will attempt to interpret the oral history of those that lived through the riot, understand what it reveals about Pharr and its inhabitants, rhetorically analyze the press and what was being written in the newspapers during the 1970s, and access the fallout and outcome of the riot and what it meant to the city.

Comments

Copyright 2008 Christina Garza. All Rights Reserved.

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Granting Institution

University of Texas-Pan American

Recommended Citation

Garza, C. (2008) Finally heard: A rhetorical look at the 1971 Pharr Riot [Master's thesis, University of Texas - Pan American]. ScholarWorks @ UTRGV. https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/leg_etd/1076