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- Title
The Science of Folklore: Aurelio Espinosa on Spain and the American Southwest.
- Authors
LIMÓN, RENATA
- Abstract
Aurelio Espinosa (1880-1958) studied folklore in the American Southwest and Spain. Espinosa was one of the first academic folklorists to work with American materials and the first scholar to write about Mexican American culture. This paper is an attempt to re-insert this forgotten figure into the history of folklore studies. At the same time, drawing on new archival sources, this study will show that Espinosa's active support of Franco in Spain contributed to his theory of cultural transmission in the American Southwest.
- Subjects
SOUTHWESTERN United States; UNITED States; ESPINOSA, Aurelio M.; FOLKLORISTS; MEXICAN American folklore; FOLKLORE education; PHILOLOGISTS; CULTURAL transmission
- Publication
Journal of American Folklore, 2014, Vol 127, Issue 506, p448
- ISSN
0021-8715
- Publication type
Article