Flour From Another Sack And Other Proverbs, Folk Beliefs, Tales, Riddles And Recipes

Drawn from over 20,000 items of English and Spanish folklore in the Rio Grande Valley Folklore Archives at The University of Texas-Pan American, this bilingual collection is representative of the folklore of the bicultural region of the border area of South Texas. Collected with demographic and sociological date, the book provides models of folklore systematics. Excellent for use in folklore classes because of its treatment of several genres of folklore, Flour From Another Sack is also of great interest to student of Mexican-American culture and other folklorists. The authentic recipes for delicious border fare are a unique bonus.Mark Glazer, Professor Emeritus for The University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, Texas, is a graduate of Robert College, Istanbul University, and Northwestern University; editor of the American Folklore Society Archiving Newsletter; convener of the Catholic Section of the American Folklore Society; co-editor with Paul Bohannan of High Points in Anthropology and co-editor with Ikhan Bashgoz of Studies of Turkish Folklore. He is the Director of the Rio Grande Folklore Archive at The University of Texas-Pan American, one of the few computerized folklore archives in the nation. His writings have appeared in Southwest Folklore, Journal of American Folklore, New York Folklore, and other professional journals.