| Inventing the Fiesta City: Heritage and Carnival in San Antonio Contributor(s): Hernández-Ehrisman, Laura (Author) |
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ISBN: 0826343112 ISBN-13: 9780826343116 Publisher: University of New Mexico Press OUR PRICE: $34.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) - Social Science | Holidays (non Religious) - History | Social History |
| Dewey: 394.269 |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 6" W x 9" (0.82 lbs) 248 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Texas - Cultural Region - Mid-South - Cultural Region - South - Locality - San Angelo, Texas - Cultural Region - Western U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Fiesta San Antonio began in 1891 and through the twentieth century expanded from a single parade to over two hundred events spanning a ten-day period. Laura Hern ndez-Ehrisman examines Fiesta's development as part of San Antonio's culture of power relations between men and women, Anglos and Mexicanos. In some ways Fiesta resembles hundreds of urban celebrations across the country, but San Antonio offers a unique fusion of Southern, Western, and Mexican cultures that articulates a distinct community identity. From its beginning as a celebration of a new social order in San Antonio controlled by a German and Anglo elite to the citywide spectacle of today, Hern ndez-Ehrisman traces the connections between Fiesta and the construction of the city's tourist industry and social change in San Antonio. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hernandez-Ehrisman, Laura: - Laura Hernández-Ehrisman is an assistant professor at St. Edward's University. |
