Dancing with the Devil Society and Cultural Poetics in Mexican-American South Texas

Name: Dancing with the Devil Society and Cultural Poetics in Mexican-American South Texas
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ISBN: 9780299142247

ISBN-10: 0299142248

ISBN-13: 9780299142247

Edition: 1994

Authors: Jose Limon

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Combining shrewd applications of current cultural theory with compelling autobiography and elegant prose, José E. Limón works at the intersection of anthropology, folklore, popular culture, history, and literary criticism. A native of South Texas, he renders a historical and ethnographic account of its rich Mexican-American folk culture. This folk culture, he shows—whether expressed through male joking rituals, ballroom polka dances, folk healing, or eating and drinking traditions—metaphorically dances with the devil, both resisting and accommodating the dominant culture of Texas. Critiquing the work of his precursors— John Gregory Bourke, J. Frank Dobie, Jovita Gonzalez, and…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Publication date: 10/15/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 266
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



John Gregory Bourke



J. Frank Dobie



Jovita Gonzalez



Americo Paredes



Emergent Postmodern Mexicano



Carne, Carnales, and the Carnivalesque



The Native Dances



The Devil Dances



Culture and Bedevilment


Notes


Glossary


References


Index