A Cry for the Lost: A Transitioning Native Worldview in Colonial California

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dc.contributor.authorSanchez, Kivani Aileneen_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-02-24T00:11:04Zen_US
dc.date.available2017-02-24T00:11:04Zen_US
dc.date.issued2017en_US
dc.descriptionSubmission to the Friends of Fondren Library Undergraduate Research Awards, 2017.en_US
dc.descriptionThis paper was originally prepared for Course ENGL 471 (Fall 2016): Chicano Literature, given by Professor Dr. Aranda & Professor Valdez, Department of English.en_US
dc.description.abstractHistorically, people have used legends across cultures as a means of transmitting moral values and socializing the young while providing a source of entertainment and education to their listeners. Contemporary versions of legends have the ability to provide insight to the underlying worldviews, which are shaped by the cultural context within a particular timeframe of history, that inspire revisions of a particular legend. In this essay, I use the methodology presented in Domino Perez’s There was a Woman: La Llorona from Folklore to Popular Culture (2008) to examine a story told by one of the characters in Jorge’s Ainslie’s novel, “Los Pochos” (1934), as a revision of the legend La Llorona that serves as a non-traditional historical narrative of the effects of Westernization on the native population within the missions of Alta-California. I argue that the areas of revision within the telling demonstrate a transitioning worldview of the villagers of San Fernando del Rey that is shaped by the cultural, societal, and historical contexts of Spanish Colonialism within mission communities of Alta-California.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSanchez, Kivani Ailene. "A Cry for the Lost: A Transitioning Native Worldview in Colonial California." (2017) Rice University: <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/93997">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/93997</a>.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/93997en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherRice Universityen_US
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/en_US
dc.subjectEnglishen_US
dc.titleA Cry for the Lost: A Transitioning Native Worldview in Colonial Californiaen_US
dc.type.dcmiTexten_US
dc.type.genreResearch paperen_US
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