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'La vieja Inés,' a Mexican folk gameessay 1980 • Limón, José Eduardo
Chicanos • North America > Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
This document presents an analytical interpretation of the Mexican folkgame called 'La Vieja Inés' (the old woman Ines) or 'La Virgen Iné s (the virgin Ines), as played by girls in the Texas communities of Loreto and San Anselmo (both pseudonyms). Th...Texas-Mexican popular music and dancingarticle 1983 • Limón, José Eduardo
Chicanos • North America > Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
Thi is a largely theoretical analysis of Mexican American dance and music. Little is known about Mexican American dancing before the 19th century. Polka was introduced in the 1840s, and became popular along with other European and mestizo forms such ...carne, carnales, and the carnivalesquearticle 1989 • Limón, José Eduardo
Chicanos • North America > Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
An astute analysis of the verbal play and interaction, heavy in sexual allusions, of working class Mexican Americans in South Texas. Limón takes exception to the negative psychological interpretations by Mexican intellectuals who articulate a dominan...