Tension and Speech Play in Mexican-American Folklore

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Contents ix
4. I. Introduction
5. Doing Folklore Texas-Style 3
6. II. The Structure and Context of Expressive Forms The Caso
7. An Emic Genre of Folk Narrative 11
8. The Corrido of Greater Mexico as Discourse, Music, and Event 44
9. III. Social Types and Stereotypes
10. "Any Man Who Keeps More'n One Hound'11 Lie to You": Dog Trading and Storytelling at Canton, Texas 79
11. "Guess How Doughnuts Are Made": Verbal and Nonverbal Aspects of the Panadero and His Stereotype 104
12. Cowboys and Clowns: Rodeo Specialists and the Ideology of Work and Play 123
13. Austins Cosmic Cowboys: Words in Collision 152
14. IV Expressive Dimensions of Heterogeneity and Change
15. The Folk Performance of "Chicano" and the Cultural Limits of Political Ideology 197
16. Folklore and Ethnic Identity in Tigua Nativism 226
17. Tension and Speech Play in Mexican-American Folklore 252
18. A Traditional Storyteller in Changing Contexts 266
19. The Emergence of Conjunto Music, 1935-1955 280
20. V. Conclusion: A Look toward Future Concerns
21. Shouting Match at the Border: The Folklore of Display Events 303
22. Contributors 323