Research Catalog

Title

Fe y tragedias : faith and tragedies in hispanic villages of New Mexico / collected and Translated by Nasario García.

Author

García, Nasario.

Publication

Los Ranchos, N.M. : Rio Grande Books, c2010.

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Description

x, 161 p. : ill., map; 23 cm.

Summary

The stories of tragedy and sadness shared by old-timers (viejitos) in Fe y Tragedias : Faith and Tragedy in Hispanic Villages of New Mexico are as diverse as the voices behind them. Each bilingual (Spanish and English) account personifies faith, fortitude, compassion, and buoyancy. Without these human attributes, people beset with tragedy would have succumbed to tragedy itself. The high point of interest in this book is not to promote or engage in doom and gloom. Rather, it is to acquaint and educate readers on how humble but strong and devout folks living in isolation--in most cases far removed geographically from an urban environment--coped with tragedy and despair. The net psychological effect of murder, drowning, the Rangers' indiscriminate and callous slaughtering of poor people's cattle, bewitchment, or the quirks of nature (e.g., baby born with frog features) on the human psyche was profound but not daunting. Tom Chávez's eloquent words in his Preface summed up best the old-timers' poignant past when he said, "These real people talking about real lives. They are witnesses to their own history." If victims of misfortune became heroes in their community, then the aggrieved surely could be categorized as tragic heroes. A more praiseworthy tribute could not be accorded these courageous and remarkable men and women who believed in redemption --Back cover.

Subject

• Older Hispanic Americans > New Mexico > History
• Older Hispanic Americans > New Mexico > Interviews
• Older Hispanic Americans > New Mexico > Social conditions

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Jesusita Aragón, Las Vegas, New Mexico -- Perfilia Córdova, Guadalupe, New Mexico -- Samuel Córdova, Guadalupe, New Mexico -- Bencés Gabaldón, San Luis, New Mexico -- Nasario P. García, Rincón del Cochino, New Mexico -- Eremita García-Griego de Lucero, Casa Salazar, New Mexico -- Carmelita Gómez, Aguilar, New Mexico -- Emelinda Gonzales, Villanueva, New Mexico -- Reynaldo Gonzales, Los Jertes, New Mexico -- Andrés Griego, Albuquerque (Alameda), New Mexico -- Edumenio Lovate, San Luis, New Mexico -- Salomón Lovato, San Luis, New Mexico -- Benjamín "Benny" Lucero, Cabezón New Mexico -- Guadalupe Luján, Las Vegas, New Mexico -- José Nataleo Montoya, San Pablo, New Mexico -- Rudy Montoya, Albuquerque, New Mexico -- Emilia Padilla García, Pecos, New Mexico -- Manuel Pérez, Bernalillo, New Mexico -- Alberto Salas, Guadalupe, New Mexico.

ISBN

9781890689568 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2010004582

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library