Search Results: Cultura popular / Folk Art from Alla

NEW ~ Short Spanish-language children's Christmas story about the northern Chilean town Andacollo, site of a famous gold mine and celebrations honoring the Virgin & Christmas for centuries. Information and a mini-glossary at the end. Color illustrations. Ages 7+. Out of print. Imported from Chile. Hard to find! In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ Coleccion Investigaciones. Color photographs. Bibliography. 246 pp. Edition of 1000 / 1000 ejemplares. "Como lo expresa la autora a traves de un excepcional trabajo de documentacion y analisis, el estudio sobre las devociones a santos populares contribuye a conocer mejor la diversidad de las manifestaciones de religiosidad popular en America Latina y la importancia del escenario mexicano en este proceso." Fascinating contribution from Jonsdottir, Ph.D. in Hispanic Literature and Latin American Studies, Arizona State University. COLEF ISBN: 9786074791433.

Pamphlet describing the Bumba-Meu-Boi popular fiesta of Sao Luis, Maranhao, Brazil -- "...nao se pretende mais do que uma reportagem, completa e apaixonada no entanto: descrevendo o enredo e os personagens, a historia do auto, ouvindo seus produtores, donos de boi ou cantadores, registrando as toadas, captando a ideologia de cada grupo de Bumba Boi." 20pp. Illustrations. 3a edicao. Em portugues / Portuguese. Light shelf wear. Pencil Brazilian price. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

Informative monograph on the folkloric festival of Maranhao, Brazil -- the Bumba-Meu-Boi -- with a description of the various components and a glossary of terms. 86pp. Illustrations. Em portugues / Portuguese. Light shelf wear to cover, paper yellowing. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ Ediciones especiales 59. Nearly 20 authors analyze Latin American songs about popular heroes, including bandidos, bandoleros, and narcos. Contents: Seja marginal, seja héroi / Enrique Flores; Cantar al bandido : baladas y lamentos en América Latina / Jacques Gilard; De España a América, una poesía recalcitrante / Jacques Gilard; De facineroso ladrón a santo milagroso : el culto a los bandidos en la literatura y devoción popular / Santiago Cortés Hernández; Mujeres valientes : del cordel español a la poesía popular hispanoamericana / Céline Gilard; El espíritu carnivalesco y la defensa de la tierra : las poesías populares sobre Manuel Rodríguez / Maximiliano Salinas Campos; De la infamia a la gloria celeste : la redención del bandido en la poesía popular chilena / Delphine Grouès; Cantar de bandoleros en la Argentina / Hugo Chumbita; La inocencia de los pobres se llama necesidad : memoria y reivindicación de bandidos en el cancionero criminal argentino /… Read More

NEW ~ VANEGAS ARROYO. A collection of four essays in Spanish about Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, early-twentieth century Mexico City printer best known perhaps as the editor of artist Jose Guadalupe Posada. Wraps. All color. Numerous broadsides. Ilustraciones. 176 pp. Edition of 2000 / 2000 ejemplares. Not to be confused with Evocacion del 68, a book apparently with the same ISBN.

NEW ~ Author traces the history of the Danza de Moros y Cristianos de Naolinco from its origins in Islam-Christian conflicts in the Old World to its introduction and practice in Mexico. Details numerous aspects of mask making, the dance, various characters, lyrics, and performances. Many photographs of specific danzas, masks, costumes, practitioners, and so forth. 288pp. Glossary. Bibliography. Excellent condition. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ Study of contemporary Andean popular festivals, reflecting the vitality of rural Peruvians and their historical roots: fiesta de la Mamacha Rosa in Carhuamayo, celebration of the Purisima in Tucume, and fiesta de difuntos in Eten. "Luis Millones, en sus minuciosos estudios etnograficos, nos descubre el complejo de significados que estan presentes en las fiestas populares de la sierra central e de la costa del norte del pais." Color photographs. Bibliography. Transcribed ritual theater and song. 250pp. Brand new. Removed from original plastic to access publication data. IN STOCK. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ Three essays and a collection of nahuatl "texts" collected in Veracruz and Puebla, Mexico -- myths, prayers, songs, and stories (many associated with maize) -- side-by-side with Spanish translation. Prefacion por Gerdt Kutscher. Introduccion por Luis Reyes Garcia. Essays: "Acerca de la musica de los Nawas" Dieter Christensen; "La supervivencia de antiguas representaciones indigenas en la religion popular de los Nawas de Veracruz y Puebla" Anneliese Monnich; "Comentarios respecto al fondo literario y folklorico de los textos Nawas" Gisela Beutler. Each text is accompanied by source information and date. 133pp. Illustrations. Photographs. Bibliography. Light wear to dust jacket. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ Prize-winning essay on late-twentieth century Mexican music and popular culture. Prologo de Carlos Monsivais. Obtuvo el IX Premio de Ensayo Literario Hispanoamericano Lya Kistakowsky en 2003. El jurado estuvo integrado por el Premio Nobel colombiano Gabriel Garcia Marquez, el compositor y musicologo Mario Kuri Aldana y el trovador y compositor Oscar Chavez. 205pp. Illustrations. Bibliography. In the original Spanish. Light shelf wear. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ Landmark study of Maya folklore, ethnology, and oral history that demonstrates the persistence of Indigenous ritual and belief long after the arrival of Europeans. "...amplia y ahonda el enfoque de Victoria Reifler Bricker en torno a las creencias y las practicas rituales de los pueblos mayances...." Traduccion de Cecilia Paschero. Includes bilingual Mayan-Spanish versions of the collected stories. 528pp. Maps. Photographs. Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. New book, with minor shelf wear. IN STOCK. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ Indigenous Huave oral accounts recorded by the author in San Mateo del Mar during the 1970s, then transcribed and revised. Introduction consists of a brief ethnography of the Huaves, along with a description of the author's methodology. Stories are organized by subject matter. 286pp. Maps. Bibliography. En espanol. First and only edition of 1000 / 1000 ejemplares. Light shelf wear--pencil and erasure on front end paper. Shop inventory--purchased from the publisher in Mexico, D.F. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ Booklet with the words and scores for "El mesias redentor," a popular Mexican pastorela, or Christmas pageant. Illustrated. Didactic Spanish-language Christmas play with songs for children. 47pp. RARE. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

Edicion facsimilar (1970) de la edicion Imprenta del Museo Nacional 1912. Numbered facsimile edition. According to Dr. Nicolas Leon, the famed Jose Vasconcelos--el Negrito Poeta--was born in Almolonga, Puebla, early in the eighteenth century. 235pp. En espanol / Spanish. Leather bound with ribbon, gold print on cover. Number 203 of 250 copies. El numero 203 de los 250 ejemplares. Light wear to cover corners, pencil erasure on front end paper. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ Santo Nino de Xochimilco. Serie: Fiestas Populares de Mexico. Color photographs. Bibliography. Edition of 2000 / 2000 ejemplares. 205 pp. In Spanish / en espanol.

NEW ~ Gutierre Tibon (Milan, Italy 1905) draws on various world cultural traditions, both ancient and modern, to explore the belly button as an erotic female feature. Considers art, literary sources, films, and popular culture. Illustrations. Bibliography. En espanol / Spanish. SEP Lecturas Mexicanas edition with large type and sewn binding. May have light shelf wear. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ Music CD included. In this volume, Barajas Duran focuses on political cartoons dating to the brief late-nineteenth century administration of Mexican president Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada. "Esta es la gran epoca de oro del periodismo satirico en Mexico, tanto por la calidad de las publicaciones como por su influencia." A political cartoonist in his own right, Barajas Duran "El Fisgon" completed this study with a Guggenheim grant. Meticulous documentation of the images in a separate section at the end of the book. Edition of 3000 / 3000 ejemplares. 324 pp. En espanol / Spanish. In stock. Usually ships in 3 days.

NEW ~ Thirteen scholarly essays about the ancient Mexica "penacho" or feather headdress, long referred to as el "Penacho de Moctezuma," held by the Ethnographic Museum of Vienna. Addresses the art of feather work in post-contact Mexico more generally. "En este libro, por primera vez academicos de Mexico y Austria presentan numerosas evidencias relacionadas con la historia, los posibles significados y usos, y las tecnicas empleadas en la manufactura de este importante documento del tiempo de la conquista espanola en el territorio mesoamericano...." Spanish edition. 152pp. Generously illustrated, many in color. Bibliographies. Anexo. Printed on quality paper~attractive design. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ Felix Pestemer's graphic novel about the Mexican tradition of Dia de Muertos. Illustrated throughout. Glossary. Final essay "El polvo de los antepasados: El culto a los muertos y la vida cotidiana en Mexico como inspiracion artistica," by Jurek Sehrt. 99pp. First Mexican edition of 1100. En espanol / Spanish. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ Deluxe edition: Leather-bound with embossed mask on the front cover, gold embossed title on the spine. 2a. edicion, mayo, 1979. Mexican classic documenting folkloric dance masks with careful, informative contextualization. Photographs by Ignacio Urquiza. 131pp. Color photographs throughout. In the original Spanish. No dust jacket as issued. Purchased directly from the publisher and stored in plastic wrap. In stock. Usually ships in three days.