Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction: welcome to the Alamo Hollywood on the border 1
6. Chapter one: How the Southwest Was Won; Border Westerns and the Southern Frontier 27
7. Chapter two: “The Imaginary Illegal Alien”; Hollywood Border Crossers and Buddy Cops in the 1980s 83
8. Chapter three: The “Narc” in All of Us; Border Media and the War on Drugs 109
9. Chapter four: Urban Frontiers; Border Cinema and the Global City 145
10. Conclusion: Frontier Myths on the Line; Border Cinema Redux 183
11. Notes 197
12. Filmography 211
13. Bibliography 217
14. Index 227