Folklore of Spain in the American Southwest
by Espinosa, Aurelio Macedonio
Published by : University of Oklahoma Press (Norman, Oklahoma) Physical details: xiii, 310 p. ISBN:080611942x; 9780806119427.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| sw 300 - 399 | 398 Esp (Browse shelf) | Available | 56297 |
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| 398 Cur Creation myths of primitive America.: | 398 Cus Zuni folk tales | 398 Dob Southwestern lore | 398 Esp Folklore of Spain in the American Southwest | 398 Est Women who run with the wolves | 398 Fro Faeries. | 398 Gre Folklore of the great west |
The region of northern New Mexico and southern Colorado holds a unique place in the world of Spanish folk literature. Isolated from the rest of the Spanish-speaking world for most of its history since its first settlement in 1598, it has retained, even into our own time, much of its Hispanic folkloric heritage from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries-ballads, songs, poems, folktales, sayings, anecdotes, proverbs, riddles, and folk drama. In this book, written in the late 1930s and never before published, Aurelio M. Espinosa, New Mexico's pioneer folklorist, presents the first comprehensive, authoritative account of the relict folklore, bringing together the results of his collecting during the first third of this century, in the Southwest and in Spain, and his many ground-breaking scholarly studies.
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