The Folklore of Spain in the American Southwest: Traditional Spanish Folk Literature in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado
Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1985. First Edition. Octavo, xiii, 310 pages, publisher's original color pictorial dust jacket. Publisher's original red cloth-covered boards. Illustrated in black-and-white. The Folklore of Spain in the American Southwest: Traditional Spanish Folk Literature in Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado by Aurelio M. Espinosa is a significant scholarly study of Spanish, Hispanic, and Latino folklore in the American Southwest, with particular emphasis on the traditional culture of northern New Mexico and southern Colorado. Espinosa documents and analyzes Spanish-American folktales, legends, ballads, folk songs, romances, poetry, riddles, proverbs, religious verse, folk drama, oral traditions, customs, and other forms of traditional folk literature preserved among generations of Spanish-speaking communities. The work explores the Old World Spanish origins of many of these traditions and their development in the distinctive cultural environment of New Mexico, Colorado, and the greater Southwest. An important reference for the study of folklore, mythology, Hispanic-American history, Spanish colonial culture, Southwestern Americana, ethnography, anthropology, linguistics, oral history, folk literature, New Mexico history, Colorado history, and Spanish-American cultural traditions. Slight rubbing and wear, some slight discoloration to the otherwise nice dust jacket, else in very good + condition. Item #504
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