American Encounters: Greater Mexico, the United States, and the Erotics of CultureAuthor Contributor(s): Limon, Jose Publisher: Beacon Press Date: 11 10 1999 Binding: Paperback Condition: NEW The idea of crossing the border between the United States and what award winning anthropologist Jos Limn calls "Greater Mexico" has always conjured images of racial hostility and exclusion. Through literature, film, song, and dance, American Encounters explores an alternative history of attraction and desire between the U. S. and Greater