Chicano Folklore A Guide to the Folktales, Traditions, Rituals and Religious Practices of Mexican Americans

Very good- oversize paper back crisp clean- -Unmarked, excellent --good condition, minuscule amounts of wear , excellent copy - Oxford University press– Chicano Folklore will entertain and educate anyone interested in understanding Chicano culture& colorful impact it has had on America as a whole,replete with such – facts about Mexican American culture. Even before the United States-Mexican War in 1848, when 80,000 Spanish-Mexican-Indian people suddenly became inhabitants of the United States, people of Spanish and Mexican descent had a rich -unique culture in what is now the American southwest. –Chicano folklore, or the customs, rituals, and traditional cultural forms that Mexican Americans share, is extremely significant to comprehending the Chicano experience. Chicano Folklore is the first reference book to focus wholly on this subject. Americans, African Americans, and Filipino Americans during the 1930s-1940s), the dictionary's- each cultural term. We learn about the music, religious practices, food, key historical mythical figures that make Chicano folklore so vibrant.– initially published by ABC – CLIO, Inc. Santa Barbara California- Chicano folklore: a guide to the folktales, traditions, rituals /religious practices of Mexican Americans Author Rafaela Castro - Publisher Oxford University Press, 2000 -cover Kathleen M. Lynch cover textile Ken welsh Bridgeman art library -ISBN 0195146395, 9780195146394 -308 pages- Subjects Social Science / Anthropology ' General Fiction / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology Mexican Americans - Social life and customs Mexican Americans/ Social life and customs/ Dictionaries Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural / / Ethnic Studies / Hispanic American Ruth Reaser..LAX Vespa,Los Angeles Culver City- see pictures maybe this will do it! -At least you know what you're getting into- City- Media Mail USPS-you get the copy you were viewing carefully Drop kick-packed to protect it in - transit. Chicano Folklore PB 4281 GMK Text 2 yellow