Chicana Traditions : Continuity and Change

Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1(14) Norma E. Cantu Olga Najera-Ramirez PART 1: ENDURING TRADITIONS Chicana Life-Cycle Rituals 15(20) Norma E. Cantu Art of the Santera 35(21) Helen R. Lucero The Indita Genre of New Mexico: Gender and Cultural Identification 56(25) Brenda M. Romero Danger! Children at Play: Patriarchal Ideology and the Construction of Gender in Spanish-Language Hispanic/Chicano Children's Songs and Games 81(19) Maria Herrera-Sobek Caminado con La Llorona: Traditional and Contemporary Narratives 100(17) Domino Renee Perez PART 2: PRACTICING TRADITIONS Indianizing Catholicism: Chicana/India/Mexicana Indigenous Spiritual Practices in Our Image 117(16) Yolanda Broyles-Gonzalez Las Que Menos Queria el Nino: Women of the Fidencista Movement 133(10) Cynthia L. Vidaurri Transgressing the Taboo: A Chicana's Voice in the Mariachi World 143(24) Leonor Xochtl Perez PART 3: TRANSFORMING TRADITIONS Meeting La Cantante through Verse, Song, and Performance 167(16) Candida F. Jaquez Ranchera Music(s) and the Legendary Lydia Mendoza: Performing Social Location and Relations 183(24) Yolanda Broyles-Gonzalez Mounting Traditions: The Origin and Evolution of La Escaramuza Charra 207(17) Olga Najera-Ramirez Cruzando Frontejas: Remapping Selena's Tejano Music ``Crossover'' 224(13) Deborah R. Vargas Goldie Garcia: La Reina de South Broadway y Rasquache 237(14) Tey Marianna Nunn Selected Bibliography of Chicana Folklore 251(8) Contributors 259(3) Index 262