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9780195146394

Chicano Folklore A Guide to the Folktales, Traditions, Rituals and Religious Practices of Mexican Americans

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  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-11-29
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary

Did you know that barrio is a term for a Chicano neighborhood, and that some of the oldest barrios can be found in major U.S. cities, like Los Angeles, Chicago, El Paso, and San Antonio? Or that menudo is actually a soup-type dish made with tripe, the stomach lining of a cow, and typicallyeaten early in the morning after big holiday celebrations to cure a hangover? Chicano Folklore is replete with such interesting and often surprising facts about Mexican American culture. Even before the United States-Mexican War in 1848, when 80,000 Spanish-Mexican-Indian people suddenly became inhabitants of the United States, people of Spanish and Mexican descent had arich and unique culture in what is now the American southwest. Understanding Chicano folklore, or the customs, rituals, and traditional cultural forms that Mexican Americans share, is extremely significant to comprehending the Chicano experience. Chicano Folklore is the first reference book to focuswholly on this subject. From burrito (literally little burro or little donkey) to zoot suit (a style of suit worn by Mexican Americans, African Americans, and Filipino Americans during the 1930s and 1940s), the dictionary's more than 225 in-depth passages thoroughly explain the meaning andbackground of each cultural term. We learn about the music, religious practices, food, and key historical and mythical figures that make Chicano folklore so vibrant. The detailed, immensely informative passages of Chicano Folklore will entertain and educate anyone interested in understanding Chicano culture and the colorful impact it has had on America as a whole.

Author Biography


Rafaela G. Castro has lectured in Chicano Studies at the University of California, Berkeley and at California State University, Hayward. She has worked in the libraries of the University of Oregon and Contra Costa College. Currently she is a librarian in the Humanities/Social Sciences department of Shields Library at the University of California, Davis.

Table of Contents

Preface xi
Introduction xiii
Chicano Folklore
El Abuelo (Grandfather)
1(1)
La Adelita (Mexican Revolution Woman Soldier)
2(2)
Adivinanzas (Riddles)
4(1)
Adobe (Sun-dried Brick)
4(1)
Agreda, Maria de Jesus Coronel de (The Blue Lady)
5(1)
Agringado (Anglicized)
6(1)
Aguinaldos (Christmas Gifts)
7(1)
Alabados (Hymns)
8(1)
Alambrista (Illegal Border Grosser)
9(1)
Altars
9(2)
Arizona Folklore
11(2)
``Ay Vienen los Yankees!'' (Here Come the Yankees!)
13(1)
Aztlan
13(2)
Bailando con el Diablo (Dancing with the Devil)
15(1)
Baile (Dance)
16(1)
Ballet Folklorico
17(1)
``La Bamba,''
18(1)
Barbacoa de Cabeza (Barbecued Beef Head)
19(1)
Barrio (Neighborhood)
20(1)
Barriology
21(1)
Bato (Dude)
21(2)
Bolillos (Bread Rolls)
23(1)
Bourke, Captain John Gregory
24(1)
Braceros (Laborers)
25(1)
Brujeria (Witchcraft)
26(1)
Burritos
27(2)
Cabeza de Baca, Fabiola
29(1)
Calavera (Skeleton)
30(1)
Califas (California)
31(1)
California Folklore
31(2)
Calo (Spanish Slang)
33(2)
Campa, Arthur Leon
35(1)
Camposanto (Cemetery)
35(2)
Canciones (Songs)
37(1)
Capirotada (Bread Pudding Pauper's Grave)
38(1)
Carpas (Tent Theaters)
38(1)
La Carreta de la Muerte Death Cart)
39(1)
Cascarones (Decorated Eggshells)
40(1)
Casos
40(2)
Chanes (Water Spirits)
42(1)
Charreadas (Rodeos)
42(2)
Charros (Horsemen)
44(1)
Chavez, Cesar Estrada
44(2)
Chicanismo
46(1)
Chicano (-a)
46(1)
Chicano Park
47(1)
Chicano Spanish
48(2)
Chili Queens
50(1)
Chiquiao (Poetic Dance Tradition)
50(1)
Chirrionera (Mythical Snake)
51(1)
Chistes (Jokes)
52(2)
Cholos (-as) (1990s Urban Youth)
54(1)
Cinco de Mayo (Fifth of May)
55(2)
El Coco (Bogeyman)
57(1)
Colchas (Blankets)
58(1)
Colorado Folklore
59(1)
Comadre/Compadre
60(1)
Los Comanches (The Comanches)
61(1)
Con Safes (Don't Mess with This)
62(1)
Conjunto Music
63(1)
La Conquistadora (The Conqueress)
64(1)
Corrida de Gallos (Rooster Game)
65(1)
``El Corrido dc Gregorio Cortez'' (Ballad of Gregorio Cortez)
66(1)
Corridos (Ballads)
67(3)
Coyote
70(1)
Creencias (Beliefs)
71(1)
``La Cucaracha'' (The Cockroach)
72(2)
El Cucui (Bogeyman)
74(1)
Cuentos (Stories)
74(1)
Curanderismo (Healing)
75(2)
Decimas (Poetic Narratives)
77(1)
Descansos (Resting Places)
78(1)
Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)
79(2)
El Diablo (The Devil)
81(1)
Dichos (Proverbs)
81(2)
El Diez y Seis de Septiembre (The Sixteenth of September)
83(1)
Dobie, J. Frank
83(2)
Las Doce Verdades (The Twelve Truths)
85(1)
Doctor Loco's Rockin' Jalapeno Band
85(1)
Don Cacahuate
86(1)
Dona Sebastiana
87(1)
Duendes (Goblins)
88(1)
Empacho (Indigestion)
89(1)
Espinosa, Aurelio Macedonio
89(4)
Fajitas
93(1)
Fandango (Dance or Party)
93(1)
Farolitos (Little Lights)
94(1)
Fiestas Guadalupanas
95(1)
Fiestas Patrias (Patriotic Festivals)
95(2)
Filigree
97(1)
Flor y Canto (Flower and Song)
97(1)
Folk Art
98(2)
Folk Dunces
100(1)
Folk Dramas
101(1)
Folk Heroes
102(2)
Folk Literature
104(2)
Folk Songs
106(2)
Foodways
108(1)
Frijoles (Beans)
109(2)
Gavacho (Angle)
111(1)
Gestures
111(2)
Gomez-Pena, Guillermo
113(1)
Gonzalez, Jovita
114(1)
Graffiti
114(2)
Greaser
116(1)
Greater Mexico
117(1)
Gringo (Angle)
117(2)
Grutas (Grottos)
119(1)
Guerrero, Eduardo ``Lalo,''
119(2)
Habito (Priest's or Nun's Habit)
121(1)
Hilitos de Ore (Little Threads of Gold)
121(1)
Hispanic Culture Foundation
122(1)
Hispano Culture
123(2)
Huelga (Strike)
125(1)
Huesero (Bone Setter)
126(3)
I Am Joaquin/Yo soy Joaquin
129(1)
Indita (Indian Chant)
130(1)
Jacal (Hut)
131(1)
Jamaicas (Bazaars)
131(1)
Jaramillo, Cleofas Martinez
132(1)
Jaramillo, Don Pedrito
133(2)
Kermes (Festival)
135(1)
Klicas (Cliques)
135(1)
El Kookooee (Bogeyman)
136(1)
La Leyenda Negra (The Black Legend)
137(1)
Leyendas (Legends)
138(1)
Limpia (Cleansing)
139(1)
La Llorona (The Weeping Woman)
140(2)
Los Lobos (The Wolves)
142(1)
Low Rider
142(3)
Luminarias (Bonfires)
145(2)
Machismo
147(1)
Mal Ojo (Evil Eye)
148(1)
La Malinche
149(1)
Mandas (Promises)
150(1)
La Mano Negra (The Black Hand)
151(1)
Mariachi Music
152(1)
Los Matachines (Dancers)
153(2)
Menudo (Tripe Stew)
155(1)
Lo Mexicano
156(1)
Mexico Lindo (Beautiful Mexico)
156(1)
Mica (Green Card)
157(1)
La Migra (Immigration Officials)
158(1)
Milagros (Miracles)
158(1)
Mojado (Wetback)
159(1)
Mollera, Caida de (Fallen Fontanelle)
160(1)
Moradas (Penitenre Chapels)
161(1)
Los Moros y Cristianos (The Moors and the Christians)
161(1)
La Muerte (Death)
162(1)
Muralismo (Mural Art)
163(1)
Murrieta Joaquin
164(3)
Nacimiento (Nativity Scene)
167(1)
Naranja Dulce (Sweet Change)
167(2)
New Mexico Folklore
169(1)
Nichos (Niches)
170(3)
Ofrenda (Offering)
173(1)
La Onda Chicana (Chicano Wave of Music)
173(1)
Oremos (Christmas House Visits)
174(1)
Oso, Juan
175(1)
Otero-Warren, Nina (Adelina)
176(1)
Pachuco Cross
177(1)
Pachucos (-as) (1940s Urban Youth)
177(3)
Palomilla (Group of Friends)
180(1)
Papel Picado (Cut Tissue Paper)
180(1)
Paredes, Americo
181(1)
Los Pastures (Shepherds' Play)
182(1)
Pedro de Urdemalas
183(1)
El Pelado (The Plucked One)
183(1)
Los Penitentes (The Penitents)
184(1)
Pichilingis (Elves)
185(1)
Pilon (Bonus)
186(1)
Pinatas
186(1)
Pintos (-as) (Prisoners)
187(1)
Placas (Insignias)
188(1)
Pochismos (Americanisms)
189(1)
Pocho (Half Mexican)
189(1)
Las Posadas (Christmas Pageant)
190(3)
Quetzalcoatl
193(1)
Quinceanera (Fifteenth Birthday Party)
194(1)
Quinto Sol (Fifth Sun)
195(2)
Ranchcra ((country Song)
197(1)
Rascuache (Downtrodden Folk)
198(1)
La Raza (The People)
199(1)
Relajo (Joking Behavior)
200(1)
Religious Folk Art
201(1)
Religious Folk Practices
202(2)
Remedios (Remedies)
204(1)
Retablos (Religious Paintings)
205(1)
Los Rinches (The Texas Rangers)
206(1)
Rio Grande Blankets
207(1)
Romance (Sixteenth-Century Spanish Ballad)
208(1)
Santa Fe Fiesta
209(1)
Santeros (Saint Makers)
209(1)
Santos (Saints)
210(1)
Sarape (Shawl)
211(1)
Sirena del Mar (Mermaid)
212(1)
Sobador (Masseuse)
213(1)
Sopapillas (Fritters)
213(1)
Spanish Colonial Arts Society
214(1)
Spanish Market
214(1)
Straw Applique
215(1)
Susto (Shock)
216(1)
Tacos
217(1)
Tale of the Lost Mine
217(1)
Tamales
218(2)
Tatuaje (Tattoo)
220(1)
El Teatro Campesino (Farmworkers' Theater)
221(3)
El Tejano (The Texan)
224(1)
Texas Folklore
224(3)
Tin Tan
227(1)
Tinwork
227(1)
Tio Taco (A Traitor)
228(1)
El Tiradito (The Outcast)
228(1)
Tirili (Language of Hoodlums)
229(1)
Tonantzin (Aztec Goddess)
230(1)
Tortillas
230(3)
Urrea, Teresa
233(2)
Vaqueros (Cowboys)
235(1)
Vasquez, Tiburcio
236(2)
La Vida Loca (The Crazy Life)
238(1)
La Vieja Ines y los Listones (The Old Mother Game)
238(1)
La Virgen de Guadalupe
239(4)
Wedding Customs
243(1)
With His Pistol in His Hand
244(3)
Yard Shrines
247(1)
Yardas (Gardens)
248(3)
Zoot Suit
251(1)
Zozobra
252(1)
Bibliography 253(38)
Index 291(18)
About the Author 309

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