| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 358 pages) : illustrations |
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Publications of the Texas Folklore Society ; L |
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Publications of the Texas Folklore Society ; no. 50.
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| Contents |
Preface / Francis Edward Abernethy -- Hecho a Mano en Tejas / Joe S. Graham -- Art Among Us/Arte Entre Nosotros: Mexican-American Folk Art in San Antonio / Pat Jasper and Kay Turner -- The Mexican-American Quilting Traditions of Laredo, San Ygnacio and Zapata / Norma Cantu and Ofelia Zapata Vela -- Vaquero Folk Arts and Crafts in South Texas / Joe S. Graham -- Costume as Cultural Resistance and Affirmation: The Case of a South Texas Community / Norma Cantu -- Coronas para los Muertos: The Fine Art of Making Paper Flowers / Curtis Tunnell and Enrique Madrid -- Homages in Clay: The Figural Ceramics of Joe Varela / Suzanne Seriff -- Miguel Acosta, Instrumentista / James C. McNutt -- The Pinata-Making Tradition in Laredo / Esperanza Gallegos -- Tejano Saddlemakers and the Running W Saddle Shop / Joe S. Graham -- Texas-Mexican Religious Folk Art in Robstown, Texas / Cynthia L. Vidaurri -- Mexican-American Yard Art in Kingsville / Eric Ramos -- Grutas in the Spanish Southwest / John O. West -- Mexican-American Roadside Crosses in Starr County / Alberto Barrera -- The Jacal in South Texas: The Origins and Form of a Folk House / Joe S. Graham -- Randado: The Built Environment of a Texas-Mexican Ranch / Mary Anna Casstevens -- Bibliography of Texas-Mexican Material Culture |
| Summary |
Annotation When the early Spanish and Mexican colonists came to settle Texas, they brought with them a rich culture which enabled them to settle and build a civilization in a wild land. The broad intracultural diversity of these settlers from different parts of Mexico and Spain are nowhere more evident in Texas than in the material culture--folk art, folk craft, architecture--which is part of our Spanish-Mexican legacy in Texas. Hecho en Tejas, the first book-length publication to focus on Texas-Mexican material culture, shows the richness of Tejano folk arts and crafts traditions through essays on Hispanic folk art in San Antonio in the home and yard, and on the street; through quilting traditions; through the vaqueros' traditions of weaving horsehair ropes and plaiting rawhide for quirts and bridles, and making of saddles; making of paper flowers as coronas para los muertos--primarily for decorating graves; making of ceramic figures for religious and secular use; the making of stringed instruments; the making of pinatas; religious folk art and yard art, grutas, roadside crosses, as well as religious matachines dance traditions; jacales as a form of folk house, and the built-environment of a Texas-Mexican ranch. A bibliography of Texas Mexican Material Culture is included |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (Portal to Texas History, viewed April 26, 2017) |
| Subject |
Mexican American folk art -- Texas
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Mexican American folk art.
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Texas.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Graham, Joe Stanley, editor.
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Texas Folklore Society, issuing body.
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| ISBN |
0585279284 |
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9780585279282 |
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1574410385 |
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9781574410389 |
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