Name/Title
Hecho en Tejas : Texas-Mexican folk arts and craftsEntry/Object ID
NK839.3.M4.H4Description
When the early Spanish and Mexican colonists came to settle Texas, they brought with them a rich culture which enabled them to settle and build a civilization in a wild land. The broad intracultural diversity of these settlers from different parts of Mexico and Spain are nowhere more evident in Texas than in the material culture -- folk art, folk craft, architecture--which is part of the Spanish-Mexican legacy in Texas. This is the first book-length publication to focus on Texas-Mexican material culture, showing the richness of Tejano folk arts and crafts traditions through essays on Hispanic folk art in San Antonio in the home and yard, and on the street; through quilting traditions; through the vaqueros' traditions of weaving horsehair ropes and plaiting rawhide for quirts and bridles, and making of saddles; making of paper flowers as coronas para los muertos -- primarily for decorating graves; making of ceramic figures for religious and secular use; the making of stringed instruments; the making of pinatas; religious folk art and yard art, grutas, roadside crosses, as well as religious matachines dance traditions; jacales as a form of folk house, and the built-environment of a Texas-Mexican ranch.Collection
Helen Romayne Cox CollectionLexicon
Search Terms
folk art--texas, folk art--united states, helen romayne cox collection, mexican american folk artBook Details
Author
Joe Stanley Graham (editor), Texas Folklore SocietyPublisher
University of North Texas PressPlace Published
City
DentonState/Province
TexasCountry
United States of AmericaContinent
North AmericaDate Published
1991Call No.
NK839.3.M4.H4ISBN
929398335, 9780929398334LCCN
91037628Notes
Length: 357General Notes
Note Type
ContentsNote
Preface / Francis Edward Abernethy -- Hecho a Mano en Tejas / Joe S. Graham -- Art Among Us/Arte Entre Nosotros: Mexican-American Folk Art in San Antonio / Pat Jasper and Kay Turner -- The Mexican-American Quilting Traditions of Laredo, San Ygnacio and Zapata / Norma Cantu and Ofelia Zapata Vela -- Vaquero Folk Arts and Crafts in South Texas / Joe S. Graham -- Costume as Cultural Resistance and Affirmation: The Case of a South Texas Community / Norma Cantu -- Coronas para los Muertos: The Fine Art of Making Paper Flowers / Curtis Tunnell and Enrique Madrid -- Homages in Clay: The Figural Ceramics of Joe Varela / Suzanne Seriff -- Miguel Acosta, Instrumentista / James C. McNutt -- The Pinata-Making Tradition in Laredo / Esperanza Gallegos -- Tejano Saddlemakers and the Running W Saddle Shop / Joe S. Graham -- Texas-Mexican Religious Folk Art in Robstown, Texas / Cynthia L. Vidaurri -- Mexican-American Yard Art in Kingsville / Eric Ramos -- Grutas in the Spanish Southwest / John O. West -- Mexican-American Roadside Crosses in Starr County / Alberto Barrera -- The Jacal in South Texas: The Origins and Form of a Folk House / Joe S. Graham -- Randado: The Built Environment of a Texas-Mexican Ranch / Mary Anna Casstevens -- Bibliography of Texas-Mexican Material Culture.