Delirio : the fantastic, the demonic, and the reél : the buried history of Nuevo León / Marie Theresa Hernández.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hernández, Marie Theresa, 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnology--Mexico--Nuevo León (State).

Ethnology.

Mexico--Nuevo León (State).

Folklore--Mexico--Nuevo León (State).

Folklore.

Indians of Mexico--Nuevo León (State)--History.

Indians of Mexico.

History.

Nuevo León (Mexico : State)--History.

Nuevo León (Mexico : State).

Nuevo León (Mexico : State)--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

xiii, 306 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press Austin, 2002.

Summary:

In this pioneering ethnography, Marie Theresa Hern?ndez explores how the folktales of Nuevo Le?n encode aspects of Nuevolenese identity that have been lost, repressed, or fetishized in "legitimate" histories of the region. She focuses particularly on stories regarding three groups: the Sephardic Jews said to be the "original" settlers of the region, the "disappeared" indigenous population, and the supposed "barbaric" society that persists in modern Nuevo Le?n. Hern?ndez's explorations into these stories uncover the region's complicated history, as well as the problematic and often fascinating relationship between history and folklore, between officially accepted "facts" and "fictions" that many Nuevoleneses believe as truth.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-299) and index.

ISBN:

0292731299

029273462X

OCLC:

48796265