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100 1 _aWest, John O.
245 1 0 _aMexican-American folklore :
_blegends, songs, festivals, proverbs, crafts, tales of saints, of revolutionaries, and more
_c/ compiled and edited by John O. Ward
260 _aLittle Rock
_b: August House
_c, c1988
300 _a314 p.
_b: illus.
_c; 24 cm
490 1 _aAmerican folklore series.
520 _aMexican-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.
546 _aEnglish
650 4 _aMexican Americans
_v--Folklore
942 _cMO
999 _c257604
_d257604