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Record Nr.

UNINA9910968686503321

Autore

Hernández-Ehrisman Laura <1972->

Titolo

Inventing the fiesta city : heritage and carnival in San Antonio / / Laura Hernández-Ehrisman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albuquerque : , : University of New Mexico Press, , 2008

ISBN

9781283636674

1283636670

9780826343123

0826343120

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource  (x, 238 pages) : illustrations, portraits

Disciplina

394.269764/351

Soggetti

Festivals - Texas - San Antonio

San Antonio (Tex.) Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Published in cooperation with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 226-232) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : San Antonio's pedestrian rhetoric -- Battle of flowers : women and San Antonio's public culture, 1891-1900 -- The Order of the Alamo : heritage and Spring Carnival, 1900-27 -- Night in old San Antonio : the San Antonio Conservation Society, 1924-48 -- Juan Q. Public : Reynolds Andricks and the Fiesta San Jacinto Association, 1950-70 -- Rey Feo and the politics of inclusion, 1970-2000 -- Fiesta rowdiness : la Semana de Carnaval.

Sommario/riassunto

The story of how the multicultural identity of San Antonio, Texas, has been shaped and polished through its annual fiesta since the late nineteenth century.