Shared Space / by James S. Griffith

• Autore: Griffith James S
• Pubblicazione: Utah State University, University Libraries, 1995; Logan, Utah : , : Utah State University Press, , 1995; ©1995
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (220 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 306/.09791/7
• Soggetto topico: Borderlands - Arizona; Borderlands - Mexico - Sonora (State); Folklore - Mexico - Sonora (State); Folklore - Arizona
• Soggetto geografico: Sonora (Mexico : State) Social life and customs; Arizona Social life and customs
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-198) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Respect and continuity : the arts of death in a border community -- The Magdalena holy picture : religious folk art in two cultures -- Cascarones : a florescent folk art form in southern Arizona -- El Tiradito and Juan Soldado : two victim intercessors of the western borderlands -- The Black Christ of ÍMuris : a study in cultural fit -- "The Mormon cowboy" : an Arizona cowboy song and its community -- Leonardo Yañez and "El moro de cumpas" : a borderlands horse-race ballad and its composer -- Baroque principles of organization in contemporary Mexican American Arizona.
• Sommario/riassunto: Where it divides Arizona and Sonora, the international boundary between Mexico and the United States is both a political reality, literally expressed by a fence, and, to a considerable degree, a cultural illusion. Mexican, Anglo, and Native American cultures straddle the fence; people of various ethnic backgrounds move back and forth across the artificial divide, despite increasing obstacles to free movement. On either side is found a complex cultural mix of ethnic, religious, and occupational groups. In A Shared Space James Griffith examines many of the distinctive folk expres
• Titolo autorizzato: Shared Space
• ISBN: 1-283-07797-3; 9786613077974; 0-87421-375-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996206487403316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: Folklife of the West ; ; v. 1.