The Trap of Race and Memory: The Language of Spanish Civility on the Upper Rio Grande

Recovering Mestiza Genealogies in Contemporary New Mexican Art: Delilah Montoya's <em>El Sagrado Corazón</em> (1993)

“…The Spanish colonial model, however, has served as a "trap" by relegating Hispanos and their cultural production to a pre-modern space bound by tradition and authenticity. 7 More broadly, the colonial myth has stymied the exploration of New Mexico's history of mestizaje together with a critique of social inequalities and conflicts that lie beneath the façade of tri-cultural harmony. The Spanish colonial myth has intensified opposition towards the revision of colonial narratives and iconography among Anglos, and among conservative Hispanos whose ethnic pride has become embedded in perpetuating the 5 colonial myth.…”