And Other Neighborly Names : : Social Process and Cultural Image in Texas Folklore /

And Other Neighborly Names : : Social Process and Cultural Image in Texas Folklore / / ed. by Roger D. Abrahams, Richard Bauman.

"And Other Neighborly Names"—the title is from a study by Americo Paredes of the names, complimentary and otherwise, exchanged across cultural boundaries by Anglos and Mexicans—is a collection of essays devoted to various aspects of folk tradition in Texas. The approach builds on the work...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2000
HerausgeberIn:
Abrahams, Roger D.,
Bauman, Richard,
MitwirkendeR:
Abrahams, Roger,
Bauman, Richard,
Gonzalez, Alicia,
Graham, Joe,
Green, Archie,
Green, Thomas,
Jordan, Rosan,
Limon, Jose,
McDowell, John,
Mullen, Patrick,
Pena, Manuel,
Stoeltje, Beverly,
Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
©1981
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (334 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Contents
  • I. Introduction
  • Doing Folklore Texas-Style
  • II. The Structure and Context of Expressive Forms The Caso
  • An Emic Genre of Folk Narrative
  • The Corrido of Greater Mexico as Discourse, Music, and Event
  • III. Social Types and Stereotypes
  • "Any Man Who Keeps More'n One Hound'11 Lie to You": Dog Trading and Storytelling at Canton, Texas
  • "Guess How Doughnuts Are Made": Verbal and Nonverbal Aspects of the Panadero and His Stereotype
  • Cowboys and Clowns: Rodeo Specialists and the Ideology of Work and Play
  • Austins Cosmic Cowboys: Words in Collision
  • IV Expressive Dimensions of Heterogeneity and Change
  • The Folk Performance of "Chicano" and the Cultural Limits of Political Ideology
  • Folklore and Ethnic Identity in Tigua Nativism
  • Tension and Speech Play in Mexican-American Folklore
  • A Traditional Storyteller in Changing Contexts
  • The Emergence of Conjunto Music, 1935-1955
  • V. Conclusion: A Look toward Future Concerns
  • Shouting Match at the Border: The Folklore of Display Events
  • Contributors

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