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Much knowledge and understanding can be generated from the experiences of everyday life. In this engaging study, Alvin O. Korte examines how this concept applies to Spanish-speaking peoples adapted to a particular locale, specifically the Hispanos and Hispanas of northern New Mexico. Drawing on social philosopher Alfred Schutz’s theory of typification, Korte looks at how meaning and identity are crafted by quotidian activities. Incorporating phenomenological and ethnomethodological strategies, the author investigates several aspects of local Hispano culture, including the oral tradition, leave-taking, death and remembrances of the dead, spirituality, and the circle of life. Although avoiding a social-problems approach, the book devotes necessary attention tomortificación(the death of the self),desmadre(chaos and disorder), andmancornando(cuckoldry).Nosotrosis a vivid and insightful exploration with applications in numerous fields.
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Copyright © 2012. Michigan State University Press. All rights reserved. Korte, Alvin O.. Nosotros : A Study of Everyday Meanings in Hispano New Mexico, Michigan State University Press, 2012. ProQuest Ebook Central, http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/hec-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3338252. Created from hec-ebooks on 2019-04-30 03:40:35.
NOSOTROS
latinos in the united states series
series editor Rubén O. Martinez, Michigan State University editorial board Adalberto Aguirre Jr., University of California, Riverside Robert Aponte, Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis Alberta M. Gloria, University of Wisconsin–Madison Julie Leininger Pycior, Manhattan College Rogelio Saenz, University of Texas–San Antonio
NOSOTROS A STUDY OF EVERYDAY MEANINGS IN HISPANO NEW MEXICO
ALVIN O. KORTE
Michigan State University Press • East Lansing
Copyright © 2012 by Alvin O. Korte i The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (R 1997) (Permanence of Paper).
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Korte, Alvin O. Nosotros : a study of everyday meanings in Hispano New Mexico / Alvin O. Korte. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-61186-029-0 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Hispanic Americans—New Mexico—Social life and customs. I. Title. F805.S75K675 2012 305.8680789—dc23 2011029499 Cover and book design by Charlie Sharp, Sharp Des!gns
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Contents
foreword by Rubén O. Martinez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv acknowledgments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiii
chapter 1. Phenomenology of Everyday Life: Fenomen