Description |
1 online resource (lxvi, 80 pages) : illustrations |
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Rio Grande/Río Bravo ; no. 4 |
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Rio Grande/Río Bravo ; no. 4
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Summary |
"Through the voice of the gnarled old tree, Elena Zamora O'Shea tells South Texas political and ethnographic history, filled with colorful details of daily life such as songs, local plants and folk medicines, foods and recipes, peone/patron relations, and the distinctive Tejano ranch vocabulary. The work, engaging and lively, is an important example of the historical-folkloristic literary genre used by Mexican American writers of the period. Using the literary device of the tree's narration, O'Shea raises issues of culture, discrimination, and prejudice she could not have addressed in her own voice in that day and explicitly states the Mexican American ideology of 1930s Texas. The result is a literary and history work of lasting value, which clearly and courageously articulates the Tejano claim to legitimacy in Texas history."--Jacket |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages lxv-lxvi) |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
Subject |
Spanish Americans -- Fiction
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Pioneers -- Fiction
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Frontier and pioneer life -- Fiction
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Ethnic relations -- Fiction
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FICTION -- Historical.
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Ethnic relations
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Frontier and pioneer life
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Pioneers
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Spanish Americans
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American Literature.
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English.
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Languages & Literatures.
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SUBJECT |
Texas, South -- Fiction
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Subject |
South Texas
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Genre/Form |
Fiction
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Historical fiction.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Tijerina, Andrés
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Garza-Falcón, Leticia
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LC no. |
00041158 |
ISBN |
0585388997 |
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9780585388991 |
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