Mexican Folk Narrative from the Los Angeles Area : : Introduction, Notes, and Classification /

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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2000
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Miller, Elaine K.,
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

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