Chistes: Hispanic Humor of Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado: Hispanic Humor of Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado

by Nasario García

Overview

Voices of laughter and comic relief are a timeless, vital aspect of Hispanic culture. In this book practical jokes, pranks, slips-of-the-tongue, hyperbole, and slapstick are given in English and regional Spanish.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780890134306
Publisher:	Museum of New Mexico Press
Publication date:	06/28/2004
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Nasario García has edited and translated numerous collections of folklore, including Más Antes: Hispanic Folklore of the Río Puerco Valley (Museum of New Mexico Press) and Pláticas: Conversations with Hispano Writers of New Mexico (Texas Tech University Press). A former professor of languages at New Mexico Highlands University, he lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

John Nichols is the author of The Milagro Beanfield War, among many works of fiction.

Table of Contents

	Contributors	vii
	Foreword	xi
	Acknowledgments	xiv
	Introduction	1
	Chistes: Hispanic Humor	9
	Chistes: El humor hispano	91
	Glosario	171