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There was a woman : La Llorona from folklore to popular culture / Domino Renee Perez.

Author/creator Perez, Domino Renee, 1967-
Format Book and Print
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoAustin : University of Texas Press, 2008.
Descriptionxix, 272 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Subject(s)
Llorona (Legendary character)
Legends--Mexico.
Popular culture--Mexico.
Mexican Americans--Folklore.
Mexico--Folklore.
United States--Folklore.
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 239-253) and index.
LCCN 2008006870
ISBN9780292718111 (cl. : alk. paper)
ISBN029271811X (cl. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780292718128 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0292718128 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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