Tabla de Contenidos: “…Rodriguez O. and Kathryn Vincent -- California : land of frontiers / Miguel León-Portilla -- Race and national destiny / Ramón Eduardo Ruiz -- Racism and mestizaje / Moisés González Navarro -- Mexican cultural identity in a U.S. city : the roots of collective action in Los Angeles / José Manuel Valenzuela Arce -- Cultural relations between the United States and Mexico / Carlos Monsiváis -- Writing the border : the languages and limits of representation / Norma Klahn -- Beyond myths and borders in Mexican and North American literature / Luis Leal.…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Nancy Cárdia -- The social construction of fear: urban narratives and practices / Rossana Reguillo -- Imaginaries and narratives of prison violence / Yolanda Salas -- We are the others / Susana Rotker -- Citizenship and urban violence: nightmares in the open air / Carlos Monsiváis.…”