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A shared space: folklife in the Arizona-Sonora borderlands

Date

1995

Authors

Griffith, James S., author
Utah State University Press, publisher

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Abstract

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.

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Access is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado School of Mines, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University of Denver, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University, and Western Colorado University members only.

Subject

Folklore -- Arizona
Folklore -- Mexico -- Sonora (State)
Borderlands -- Mexico -- Sonora (State)
Borderlands -- Arizona
Arizona -- Social life and customs
Sonora (Mexico : State) -- Social life and customs

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