essay
The CASO: an emic genre of folk narrative
'And other neighborly names' : social process and cultural image in Texas folklore • Austin • Published In 1981 • Pages: 11-43
By: Graham, Joe Stanley.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article provides a discussion of a particular type of folk-narrative, the Chicano CASO, which in form and content resembles what might in English be called 'a case in point' and refers to the recent past experience of the narrator. Everyone can thus be a potential teller of CASO in West Texas.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Literature
- Literary texts
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Chicanos
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Folklorist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- M. A. Marcus ; 1986
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1972-1979
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- west Texas, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Joe S. Graham
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 41-43)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 80023697
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mexican Americans