Mexican-American folklore : legends, songs, festivals, proverbs, crafts, tales of saints, of revolutionaries, and more
/ compiled and edited by John O. Ward
- Little Rock : August House , c1988
- 314 p. : illus. ; 24 cm
- American folklore series. .
Mexican-Americans of today are richly nourished by the folklore of three cultures - Indian, Spanish & Mexican. This comprehensive look at the Mexican-American world includes proverbs, riddles & folksongs, folk narrative from Pancho Villa to urban ghosts, saints to revolutionaries. Materials date from several generations back, as well as very recent adaptations of customs to modern life.