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Author:
Perez, Domino Renee, 1967-
Title:
There was a woman : La Llorona from folklore to popular culture / Domino Renee Perez.
Edition:
1st ed.
Publisher:
University of Texas Press,
Copyright Date:
2008
Description:
xix, 272 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Llorona (Legendary character)
Legends--Mexico.
Popular culture--Mexico.
Mexican Americans--Folklore.--Folklore.
Mexico--Folklore.--Folklore.
United States--Folklore.--Folklore.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-253) and index.
Contents:
A five-hundred-year history : traditional La Llorona tales -- Revision and the process of critical interrogation -- Infamy and activism : La Llorona as resistance -- "Long before the weeping" : re-turning La Llorona -- La Llorona lore as intercultural dialogue -- A new generation of cultural/critical readers.
ISBN:
0292718128 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780292718128 (pbk. : alk. paper)
029271811X (cl. : alk. paper)
9780292718111 (cl. : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)179786751
LCCN:
2008006870
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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