Chistes: Hispanic Humor of Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado

Chistes: Hispanic Humor of Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado

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From the Publisher
As folklorist Nasario García explains in his introduction to this collection, falling in with the voices of laughter and comic relief is a timeless, vital aspect of Hispanic culture. !Chistes! brings together for the first time in English and regional Spanish a medley of orally gathered humorous anecdotes from northern New Mexico and southern Colorado. The chistes range in form from practical jokes, pranks, slips-of-the-tongue, hyperbole, solecisms, slapstick, and double entendres.

The original Spanish versions of these tales are particularly flavorful for their colorful vernacular found uniquely in the region covered. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Chistes: Hispanic Humor of Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado,John Nichols,Nasario Garcia,Museum of New Mexico Press,0890134316,Folklore,Folklore & Mythology - Folklore,Foreign Language Study,General,Hispanic Americans,Humor,New Mexico,Oral tradition,Sociology,Spanish,Spanish: Adult Nonfiction

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