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Dictionary of Chicano Folklore
Dictionary of Chicano Folklore charts the rich religious, social, artistic, and cultural heritage of Mexican Americans, who continue to evolve the customs and rituals connected to their Spanish and indigenous roots and the Spanish language.
Entries cover specific regions, genres of folk speech, folk narrative, cultural traditions, artifacts, foods, ceremonies, rites, and define contemporary Hispanic terms ranging from duendes, pintos, and las posadas to pachucos, low riders, and Zozobra.
The Dictionary of Chicano Folklore is the perfect resource for high school and undergraduate students interested in Chicano culture or for scholars seeking bibliographic material.
Entries cover specific regions, genres of folk speech, folk narrative, cultural traditions, artifacts, foods, ceremonies, rites, and define contemporary Hispanic terms ranging from duendes, pintos, and las posadas to pachucos, low riders, and Zozobra.
The Dictionary of Chicano Folklore is the perfect resource for high school and undergraduate students interested in Chicano culture or for scholars seeking bibliographic material.
352 pages, Hardcover
First published June 28, 2000
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About the author
Rafaela G. Castro
6 books1 followerRafaela G. Castro was born in Bakersfield, California, but grew up in Arvin, a small agricultural town near Weedpatch Camp, the labor camp in John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath. When she was ten years old her family moved to the San Francisco Bay Area where she has lived most of her life. She spent two years in Brazil with the Peace Corps before receiving degrees in English Literature, Library Science, and Folklore from the University of California, Berkeley. She has lectured in Ethnic Bibliography and Chicano Studies at UC Berkeley, and recently retired from the Humanities/Social Sciences department of Shields Library at the University of California, Davis.
She is the author of:
* Dictionary of Chicago Folklore (ABC-Clio, Inc., 2000), illustrated.
* Chicano Folklore: A Guide to the Folktales, Traditions, Rituals and Religious Practices of Mexican Americans (Oxford University Press, 2001)
* Provocaciones: Letters from the Prettiest Girl in Arvin (Chusma House Publications, 2006)
She is one of four authors of:
* What Do I Read Next?: Multicultural Literature (Gale, 1997) contributing the Latino Literature section.
Her current work-in-progress is a novel about a woman's search, in the San Joaquin Valley of California, for her dead mother's lover.
She is the author of:
* Dictionary of Chicago Folklore (ABC-Clio, Inc., 2000), illustrated.
* Chicano Folklore: A Guide to the Folktales, Traditions, Rituals and Religious Practices of Mexican Americans (Oxford University Press, 2001)
* Provocaciones: Letters from the Prettiest Girl in Arvin (Chusma House Publications, 2006)
She is one of four authors of:
* What Do I Read Next?: Multicultural Literature (Gale, 1997) contributing the Latino Literature section.
Her current work-in-progress is a novel about a woman's search, in the San Joaquin Valley of California, for her dead mother's lover.
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