[PDF] Puro Mexicano Edited By J Frank Dobie Mexican Tales And Songs eBook

Author : James Frank Dobie
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 49,49 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Folk songs, Spanish
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The cream of a large collection of Mexican lore has been accumulated over many years, partly through contributions by lovers of the gente all over the Southwest and partly through Editor J. Frank Dobie's ramblings in northern Mexico. Much of the charm of these tales comes from the keen understanding and genuine sympathy of such collectors.

Author : Leticia Magda Garza-Falcón
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 29,68 MB
Release : 2010-07-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0292789009

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In his books The Great Plains, The Great Frontier, and The Texas Rangers, historian Walter Prescott Webb created an enduring image of fearless, white, Anglo male settlers and lawmen bringing civilization to an American Southwest plagued with "savage" Indians and Mexicans. So popular was Webb's vision that it influenced generations of historians and artists in all media and effectively silenced the counter-narratives that Mexican American writers and historians were concurrently producing to claim their standing as "gente decente," people of worth. These counter-narratives form the subject of Leticia M. Garza-Falcón's study. She explores how prominent writers of Mexican descent-such as Jovita González, Américo Paredes, María Cristina Mena, Fermina Guerra, Beatriz de la Garza, and Helena María Viramontes -have used literature to respond to the dominative history of the United States, which offered retrospective justification for expansionist policies in the Southwest and South Texas. Garza-Falcón shows how these counter-narratives capture a body of knowledge and experience excluded from "official" histories, whose "facts" often emerged more from literary techniques than from objective analysis of historical data.

Author : María Herrera-Sobek
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1261 pages
File Size : 31,80 MB
Release : 2012-07-16
Category : Social Science
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Latino folklore comprises a kaleidoscope of cultural traditions. This compelling three-volume work showcases its richness, complexity, and beauty. Latino folklore is a fun and fascinating subject to many Americans, regardless of ethnicity. Interest in—and celebration of—Latin traditions such as Día de los Muertos in the United States is becoming more common outside of Latino populations. Celebrating Latino Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Cultural Traditions provides a broad and comprehensive collection of descriptive information regarding all the genres of Latino folklore in the United States, covering the traditions of Americans who trace their ancestry to Mexico, Spain, or Latin America. The encyclopedia surveys all manner of topics and subject matter related to Latino folklore, covering the oral traditions and cultural heritage of Latin Americans from riddles and dance to food and clothing. It covers the folklore of 21 Latin American countries as these traditions have been transmitted to the United States, documenting how cultures interweave to enrich each other and create a unique tapestry within the melting pot of the United States.

Author : David Horn
Publisher : Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press
Page : 598 pages
File Size : 48,38 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Music
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_Anyone doing work in any aspect of American music must begin with this bibliography... an important acquisition for all libraries._--CHOICE

Author : Victor R. Greene
Publisher : Kent State University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 22,31 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Immigrants
ISBN : 9780873387941

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A Singing Ambivalence undertakes a comprehensive examination of the ways in which nine immigrant groups - Irish, Germans, Scandinavians, Eastern European Jews, Italians, Poles, Hungarians, Chinese, and Mexicans - responded to their new lives in the United States through music. Each group's songs reveal an abiding concern over leaving their loved ones and homeland and an anxiety about adjusting to the new society. But accompanying these feelings was an excitement about the possibilities of becoming wealthy and about looking forward to a democratic and free society. known and unknown origins that comment on the problems immigrants faced and reveals the wide range of responses they made to the radical changes in their new lives in America. His selection of lyrics provides useful capsules of expression that clarify the ways in which immigrants defined themselves and staked out their claims for acceptance in American society. But whatever their common and specific themes, they reveal an ambivalence over their coming to America and a pessimism about achieving their goals. the United States, while at the same time conveying from an aesthetic viewpoint how immigrants expressed their hopes and difficulties through a unique medium - song. This is an important volume that will be welcomed by scholars of music and U.S. immigration history.

Author : Frank J. Dobie
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 28,16 MB
Release : 1935
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A Pack Load of Mexican Tales.--R. Aiken. The Wonderful Chirrionera.--D. Storm. Br'er Coyote.--S. McKellar. The Bullet-Swallower.--J. Gonzalez. Tales from San Eliario.--J. Escajeda. The Metamorphosis of a Folk Tale.--E. DeHuff. How the Tehuana Women Became Handsom.--H. Taylor. The Flaming Flower.--C. Stoker. Juan Garcia Goes to Heaven.--F. Woodhull. The Eagle Lover.--B. Dobie. Legends from Durango.--E. Gamiz. Holy Ghost Canyon.--M. Bloom. Old-Time New Mexican Usages.--A. Crook. Sons of the Devil.--J. Storm. Catorce.--J. Dobie. The Little White Dog.--H. Taylor. Ranchero Saying of the Border.--H. Wesley. Songs of the Mexican Migration.--P. Taylor. The Enchanted City of Monte Alban.--E. Sims.