Book
Mexican-Americans of south Texas
Holt, Rinehart and Winston • New York • Published In 1973 • Pages: xii, 124
By: Madsen, William, Guerrero, Andre, Hidalgo Project On Differential Culture Change And Mental Health.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This book is a general description of Mexican-American life in Hidalgo county, Texas in the 1960's. The author concentrates on variations in lifestyles caused by differences in acculturation and social class status. The book contains information on the area and its history, problems of culture conflict, values and world view, immigration, social classes, the family, religion, beliefs about health, witchcraft, curers and physicians, folk psychotherapy, education, political behavior, progress, and an epilogue on the Chicano movement. This book has been severely criticized by Chicano scholars for negatively stereotyping Chicanos and for presenting them as victims of their cultural values.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Gender status
- Classes
- Life history materials
- Family relationships
- General character of religion
- Magical and mental therapy
- Medical therapy
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Sorcery
- Education system
- Political movements
- 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 TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Anthropologist
- Educator
- Indigenous Person
- 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
- Marlene Martin ; 1986
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1957-1961
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- eighteenth century - 1960s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Hidalgo County, south Texas, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- William Marsden ; epilogue by Andre Guerrero
- Research conducted by the staff of the Hidalgo Project on Differential Culture Change and Mental Health from 1957 to 1961
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-124)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 73002824
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mexican Americans