“…her tantalizingly short book contains rich and multifaceted stories. Highly recommended for high school, academic, and public libraries.” LibraryJournal.com
“Overall, I found the essays were a delight to read, refreshing, thoughtful and, yes, very provocative.” Peacecorpswriters.org
" Like letters to be shared with friends or a writing group, these are the musings of a cultural observer reflecting on her own life. This is clean, graceful, unadorned prose posing questions…” Tucson Weekly
"This inclusive lexicon offers terms associated with the Chicano population and its history, experiences, and customs, though the focus is on Mexican Americans who came of age in the 1960s in the Southwest. The entries, which combine English and Spanish terminology, include definitions, commentary, and citations to Chicano folk narratives, arts, folk drama, and popular culture as well as the broad cultural studies already available." Library Journal
“This excellent volume will find an audience with folklorists, scholars, regionalists, and library researchers and will likely become indispensable for both educators and students.” Library Journal
"This dictionary should satisfy the most discriminating researcher and find a place on shelves of public, school, and university libraries as well as in the collections of purveyors and performers of world and Chicano folklore." Booklist
"Words move beyond trivia and into the communal spaces that keep Chicanos connected to each other and to the specific history off folk tales and traditions, both secular and religious." Rigoberto Gonzalez, El Paso Times
"Divided into sections covering African American, Asian American, Latino, and Native American authors, the book highlights titles published mainly between the late 1980s and 1996.This book will complement Lyn Miller-Lachmann's bibliography, Global Voices, Global Visions (Bowker, 1995), which examines multicultural literature from a world view. Recommended for libraries looking to enhance reader's advisory services."
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Chicano Folklore: A Guide to the Folktales, Traditions, Rituals and Religious Practices of Mexican Americans
What Do I Read Next?: Multicultural Literature