Mexican Folk Narrative from the Los Angeles Area : : Introduction, Notes, and Classification / / Elaine K. Miller.
Urban Los Angeles is the setting in which Elaine Miller has collected her narratives from Mexican-Americans. The Mexican folk tradition, varied and richly expressive of the inner life not only of a people but also of the individual as each lives it and personalizes it, is abundantly present in the U...
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Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©1973 |
Year of Publication: | 2021 |
Language: | English |
Series: | American Folklore Society Memoir Series
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (414 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 Legendary Narratives
- Religious Narratives
- Devil Narratives
- The Return of the Dead
- Buried Treasures
- Duendes
- Miscellaneous Legendary Narratives
- II. Traditional Tales
- Animal Tales
- Tales of Magic
- Religious Tales
- Romantic Tales
- The Stupid Ogre
- III. Biographies of Informants
- Introduction
- IV. Appendixes
- 1. Index of Tale Types
- 2. Index of Motifs
- 3. Vocabulary
- Bibliography