UID:
almahu_9947382437902882
Format:
1 online resource (220 pages) :
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illustrations
ISBN:
9786613077974
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9781283077972
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1283077973
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9780874213751
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0874213754
Series Statement:
Folklife of the West ; v. 1
Content:
Where it divides Arizona and Sonora, the international boundary between Mexico and the United States is both a political reality, literally expressed by a fence, and, to a considerable degree, a cultural illusion. Mexican, Anglo, and Native American cultures straddle the fence; people of various ethnic backgrounds move back and forth across the artificial divide, despite increasing obstacles to free movement. On either side is found a complex cultural mix of ethnic, religious, and occupational groups. In A Shared Space James Griffith examines many of the distinctive folk expres
Note:
Respect and continuity : the arts of death in a border community -- The Magdalena holy picture : religious folk art in two cultures -- Cascarones : a florescent folk art form in southern Arizona -- El Tiradito and Juan Soldado : two victim intercessors of the western borderlands -- The Black Christ of IMuris : a study in cultural fit -- "The Mormon cowboy" : an Arizona cowboy song and its community -- Leonardo Yanez and "El moro de cumpas" : a borderlands horse-race ballad and its composer -- Baroque principles of organization in contemporary Mexican American Arizona.
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Also available in print form.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780874211986
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0874211980
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780874211870
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0874211875
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic book
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