Ernesto Chávez is the Dr. and Mrs. W.H. Timmons Professor of Borderlands History at the University of Texas at El Paso. His work examines the construction of Latinx identity, culture and community. He is writing a critical biography of Mexican-born queer actor Ramón Novarro, tentatively titled “Body and Soul: The Closeted Performance of Ramón Novarro
Ernesto Chávez
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From Suspect to Perpetrator: How History Shaped the Modern U.S. Border Patrol Agent
I was a modern agent of the state.
