Book
Los pastores: history and performance in the Mexican shepherds' play of South Texas
Smithsonian Institution Press • Washington • Published In 1995 • Pages: xii, 202
By: Flores, Richard R..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this book, Richard Flores describes one San Antonio troupe's annual production of Los Pastores, a nativity play performed entirely in Spanish, that descends from medieval Spain, and was brought to the New World by Spanish missionaries. The author, who actually participated in the play himself, discusses the significance of the play to both performers and audience, and traces its evolution from liturgical drama to Spanish Glden Age literature to indigenous Mexican tradition (cover). Part I of this document deals with the actual performance of the drama, while part II deals with its history and with more theoretical constructs (e.g., a production-centered theory of expressive culture).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Drama
- 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
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 2001
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1987-1989, 1993
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- late nineteenth century - 1980s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- San Antonio, Texas, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Richard R. Flores
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-195) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 95016781
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mexican Americans