Shared Space, a: Folklife in the Arizona-Sonora Borderlands |
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Author:
| Griffith, James |
ISBN: | 978-1-283-07797-2 |
Publication Date: | Jan 1995 |
Publisher: | University Press of Colorado
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Imprint: | Utah State University Press |
Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $20.00 |
Book Description:
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Where it divides Arizona and Sonora, the international boundary between Mexico and the United States is both a political reality, literally expressed by a fence, and, to a considerable degree, a cultural illusion. Mexican, Anglo, and Native American cultures straddle the fence; people of various ethnic backgrounds move back and forth across the artificial divide, despite increasing obstacles to free movement. On either side is found a complex cultural mix of ethnic, religious, and...
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Where it divides Arizona and Sonora, the international boundary between Mexico and the United States is both a political reality, literally expressed by a fence, and, to a considerable degree, a cultural illusion. Mexican, Anglo, and Native American cultures straddle the fence; people of various ethnic backgrounds move back and forth across the artificial divide, despite increasing obstacles to free movement. On either side is found a complex cultural mix of ethnic, religious, and occupational groups. In A Shared Space James Griffith examines many of the distinctive folk expressions of this varied cultural region.