Hecho en Tejas: Texas-Mexican Folk Arts and CraftsJoe S. Graham University of North Texas Press, 1997 - 358 páginas When the early Spanish and Mexican colonists came to settle Texas, they brought with them a rich culture, the diversity of which is nowhere more evident than in the folk art and folk craft. This first book-length publication to focus on Texas-Mexican material culture shows the richness of Tejano folk arts and crafts traditions. |
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MexicanAmerican Folk Art in San Antonio | 48 |
The MexicanAmerican Quilting Traditions of Laredo San Ygnacio and Zapata | 77 |
Vaquero Folk Arts and Crafts in South Texas | 93 |
The Case of a South Texas Community | 117 |
The Fine Art of Making Paper Flowers | 131 |
The Figural Ceramics of José Varela | 146 |
Miguel Acosta Instrumentista | 172 |
TexasMexican Religious Folk Art in Robstown Texas | 222 |
MexicanAmerican Yard Art in Kingsville | 250 |
Grutas in the Spanish Southwest | 263 |
MexicanAmerican Roadside Crosses in Starr County | 278 |
The Origins and Forms of a Folk House | 293 |
The Built Environment of a TexasMexican Ranch | 309 |
Bibliography of TexasMexican Material Culture | 335 |
Contributors | 345 |
The PiñataMaking Tradition in Laredo | 188 |
Tejano Saddlemakers and the Running W Saddle Shop | 204 |
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Página 8 - ... art to the extent that the intention was esoteric and traditional. The artistic nature of a folk artifact is generally subordinate to its utilitarian nature so that most folk art exists within the immediate context of folk craft. The problem of folk art (as opposed to folk craft) scholarship, then, lies less in identifying specific forms and technics than it does in identifying the characteristics of the traditional aesthetic philosophy that governs the selection, production, treatment, and use...