Inventing the Fiesta City

Heritage and Carnival in San Antonio

Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, State & Local
Cover of the book Inventing the Fiesta City by Laura Hernández-Ehrisman, University of New Mexico Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Laura Hernández-Ehrisman ISBN: 9780826343123
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press Publication: October 22, 2010
Imprint: University of New Mexico Press Language: English
Author: Laura Hernández-Ehrisman
ISBN: 9780826343123
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Publication: October 22, 2010
Imprint: University of New Mexico Press
Language: English

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 Hernández-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, Hernández-Ehrisman traces the connections between Fiesta and the construction of the city's tourist industry and social change in San Antonio.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

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 Hernández-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, Hernández-Ehrisman traces the connections between Fiesta and the construction of the city's tourist industry and social change in San Antonio.

More books from University of New Mexico Press

Cover of the book Juan the Bear and the Water of Life: La Acequia de Juan del Oso by Laura Hernández-Ehrisman
Cover of the book Inside the New Mexico Senate by Laura Hernández-Ehrisman
Cover of the book Edmund G. Ross by Laura Hernández-Ehrisman
Cover of the book Gila: The Life and Death of an American River, Updated and Expanded Edition. by Laura Hernández-Ehrisman
Cover of the book Unruly Waters by Laura Hernández-Ehrisman
Cover of the book What are Global Warming and Climate Change? by Laura Hernández-Ehrisman
Cover of the book Lock and Load by Laura Hernández-Ehrisman
Cover of the book Dance of the Eggshells: Baile de los Cascarones by Laura Hernández-Ehrisman
Cover of the book Reshaping Our National Parks and Their Guardians by Laura Hernández-Ehrisman
Cover of the book Writing About Nature by Laura Hernández-Ehrisman
Cover of the book An Elegy for September by Laura Hernández-Ehrisman
Cover of the book The Bare-toed Vaquero by Laura Hernández-Ehrisman
Cover of the book The Handyman's Guide to End Times by Laura Hernández-Ehrisman
Cover of the book Sandals of the Basketmaker and Pueblo Peoples by Laura Hernández-Ehrisman
Cover of the book Yanantin and Masintin in the Andean World: Complementary Dualism in Modern Peru by Laura Hernández-Ehrisman
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy