Author: Franz BoasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folk-lore Mexican
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Notes on Mexican Folk-lore
Author: Franz BoasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folk-lore Mexican
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Mexican Folk Tales
Author: Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0816543887
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
Intriguing collection of authentic stories preserves a colorful part of the Mexican heritage. Tales center around Legends of the Devil, The strange Doings of the Saints, and The Mysteries of Human Life.
Notes on Mexican Folk-lore
Author: Franz BoasMexican Folk Narrative from the Los Angeles Area
Author: Elaine K. MillerPublisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 1477301410
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 415
Book Description
Urban Los Angeles is the setting in which Elaine Miller has collected her narratives from Mexican-Americans. The Mexican folk tradition, varied and richly expressive of the inner life not only of a people but also of the individual as each lives it and personalizes it, is abundantly present in the United States. Since it is in the urban centers that most Mexican-Americans have lived, this collection represents an important contribution to the study of that tradition and to the study of the changes urban life effects on traditional folklore. The collection includes sixty-two legendary narratives and twenty traditional tales. The legendary narratives deal with the virgins and saints as well as with such familiar characters as the vanishing hitchhiker, the headless horseman, and the llorona. Familiar characters appear in the traditional tales—Juan del Oso, Blancaflor, Pedro de Ordimalas, and others. Elaine Miller concludes that the traditional tales are dying out in the city because tale telling itself is not suited to the fast pace of modern urban life, and the situations and characters in the tales are not perceived by the people to be meaningfully related to the everyday challenges and concerns of that life. The legendary tales survive longer in an urban setting because, although containing fantastic elements, they are related to the beliefs and hopes of the narrator—even in the city one may be led to buried treasure on some dark night by a mysterious woman. The penchant of the informants for the fantastic in many of their tales often reflects their hopes and fears, such as their dreams of suddenly acquiring wealth or their fears of being haunted by the dead. Miller closely observes the teller's relation to the stories—to the duendes, the ánimas, Death, God, the devil—and she notes the tension on the part of the informant in his relation to their religion. The material is documented according to several standard tale and motif indices and is placed within the context of the larger body of Hispanic folk tradition by the citation of parallel versions throughout the Hispanic world. The tales, transcribed from taped interviews, are presented in colloquial Spanish accompanied by summaries in English.
Music in the Ruben Cobos Collection of Spanish New Mexican Folklore
Author: Victoria Lindsay LevinePublisher: Hulbert Center for Southwestern Studies
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Ruben Cobos and Spanish New Mexican Music -- How to Use the Catalogue -- Catalogue of Music in the Cobos Collection -- Selected Bibliography -- Index to Song Titles -- Index of Musical Genres.
Mexican-American Folklore
Author: John O. WestPublisher: august house
ISBN: 9780874830590
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Gathers riddles, rhymes, folk poetry, stories, ballads, superstitions, customs, games, foods, and folk arts of the Mexican-Americans
Hispanic Folktales from New Mexico
Author: Stanley Linn RobePublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520095700
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Mexican Folk Narrative from the Los Angeles Area, Introduction, Notes, and Classification by Elaine K. Miller
Author: Elaine K. MillerHispanic Legends from New Mexico
Author: Stanley Linn RobePublisher: Berkeley : University of California Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Studies in Texan Folklore--Rio Grande Valley
Author: Thomas Meade HarwellPublisher: Edwin Mellen Press
ISBN: 9780773442085
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Based on original research, this study gives the first in-depth study of Rio Grande Valley Folklore in Texas, combining Hispanic and American elements. Contains studies on the evil eye, shock, recetas and curanderos (healers and healing), ghosts, owllore, and weather. Many extracts from interviews are reproduced in detail, and full commentary, notes and bibliography are provided.