A shared space folklife in the Arizona-Sonora borderlands
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 eth...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Logan, Utah
Utah State University Press
1995, 1995
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| Series: | Folklife of the West
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | 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 expressions of this varied cultural region |
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| Item Description: | 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 |
| Physical Description: | 1 electronic resource (x, 207 pages |
| ISBN: | 1283077973 0874211980 9781283077972 9780874213751 0874211875 0874213754 9780874211986 9780874211870 |