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Tortilla Chronicles: Growing Up in Santa Fe
Marie Romero Cash
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Description for Tortilla Chronicles: Growing Up in Santa Fe
Hardcover. A family memoir of the humble, hardworking Romeros, a family honored for its contributions to regional folk arts. Marie Romero Cash, herself a renowned artist, sketches each family member using his or her own voice. Their stories present a glimpse into the life of a traditional Hispano family. Num Pages: 224 pages, 46 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; 3JJP; AFTB; BGA; HBJK; HBLW3; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
A family memoir full of New Mexico flavor, ""Tortilla Chronicles"" serves up a hearty helping of the ""City Different"" from the perspective of the humble, hardworking Romeros, a family honored for its contributions to regional folk arts. Marie Romero Cash, herself a renowned artist, poignantly sketches each family member using his or her own voice. Their stories present a rare glimpse into the life of a traditional Hispano family and provide an antidote to typical nostalgic tourist accounts of 1950s Santa Fe. One of the main characters is Santa Fe itself, and the narrative tours the city's streets, shops, plaza, ... Read more
A family memoir full of New Mexico flavor, ""Tortilla Chronicles"" serves up a hearty helping of the ""City Different"" from the perspective of the humble, hardworking Romeros, a family honored for its contributions to regional folk arts. Marie Romero Cash, herself a renowned artist, poignantly sketches each family member using his or her own voice. Their stories present a rare glimpse into the life of a traditional Hispano family and provide an antidote to typical nostalgic tourist accounts of 1950s Santa Fe. One of the main characters is Santa Fe itself, and the narrative tours the city's streets, shops, plaza, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Albuquerque, NM, United States
ISBN
9780826339126
SKU
V9780826339126
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About Marie Romero Cash
Marie Romero Cash is a celebrated folk artist in Santa Fe where she has lived most of her life. She has created art for many churches in the United States and in Mexico. Romero Cash is the author of Living Shrines: Devotional Spaces in Northern New Mexico Homes and Santos: Enduring Images of Northern New Mexican Village Churches.
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