Alex and the Hobo: A Chicano Life and Story

Index

Aarne, Antti, 184n.2 abuelo, 80 acequia, 75, 179n.1 acolyte, 166 Adam State College, 4, 90 álamo, 133 Alamosa, 84 alcohol: mother’s dislike of, 141, 143– 144; poetic device as, 143–144 Alcoholics Anonymous, 145 Alex and the Hobo, time of, 5 allusion, forms of, 5– 6 altos, los, 132 Anaya, Rudolfo, 4, 90, 178n.9, 181n.3 Anglo-Saxons: arrival of, 3; callousness of, 85–86; corruption of, 110; cowboy as, 163–164; nativism of, 104; prejudice of, 98–101; psychological vampire as, 150 –153; racism of, 104; settlements of, 84; sexual harassment by, 161 Antonito: El Rito and, 82–87; settlement of, 3, 84; as witchcraft center, 159. See also Conejos Land Grant, Conejos River Antonito Classroom Teachers Association (ACTA), 92 Appadurai, Arjun, 180n.7 apocalyptic vision, 140, 158, 159 artemisia (sagebrush), 76 Asturias, 183n.6 authors, ethnicity of, xi–xii balls of fire, 22–23, 75, 87 Basso, Keith, 180n.7 Bastian, Misty, 186n.4 Baughman, Ernest W., 183n.6 Bayard, New Mexico, 101 Beaubien, Charles, 86, 177n.5 Benmayor, Rina, 187n.11 birth control, 155 Biseman, Harold, 181n.16 Blackmore, William, 86 Bless Me, Última, 4, 90, 163, 165 body, 177n.2 Bountiful, 142 Bourke, John Gregory, 178n.18 Bowen, J. Donald, 167 Brandes, Stanley, 179n.27 Briggs, Charles L., 167, 178nn.15,19 Broyles-González, Yolanda, 134, 183n.15, 184n.12 Bureau of Land Management (BLM), 78 Burkhart, Louise, 186n.2 burruñates, 23–24, 145 Cabeza de Baca, Fabiola, 178n.17 Cáceres, 183n.6 Cádiz, 183n.6 caló, 115 Campa, Arthur L., 186n.9 capitalism: greed and, 87–88; views on, 87–88 caporal, 111 Carter, Sue, 185n.8, 187n.9 199 Index Center, 158 chamiso pardo, 76 change, 84 chastity, 182n.10 Chávez, César, 93, 134 Chicano: attitude toward, 91; awareness of, 91, 144; scholars, 5; term, use of, 91 child care, 118, 136 –137 china, 179n.2 Chodorow, Nancy, 179n.27 Christ, 62, 147, 165 class: courtship and, 109–110; divisions of, 104; ethnicity and, 97–101; marriage and, 107–110; mobility, 107– 108; system of, 115, 149 class consciousness, 7; development of, 94 –96; among English workers, 121; resistance to, 91 Clifford, James, 179n.22 cobblers: English, 183n.1; independence of, 121–122; shop of, 118–119 Cobos, Rubén, 167, 179n.2, 182n.7, 183nn.3,5,14, 186n.10 cofradías, 81 Collier, George, 182n.10 colonization, 8 Colorado Education Association (CEA), 92 Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, 182n.17 Comaroff, Jean, 5, 177n.2, 178n.12, 180n.1, 181n.6, 183n.12, 186n.4 Comaroff, John, 5, 177n.2, 178n.12, 180n.1, 181n.6, 183n.12, 186n.4 Combination Acts, 183n.1 Conejos, town of, 182n.7 Conejos County, 185n.6 Conejos Land Grant, 3, 85, 177n.5 Conejos River, 149, 177n.5; settlement of, 2–3, 84 Congress of Industrial Organization (CIO), 182n.17 contractor: abuse by, 112; definition of, 111; ethnicity of, 111 cooking, 137–138 cops, corruption of, 120 –121 Córdova, New Mexico, 7 corruption: definition of, 6 –7; examples of, 110, 120 –121; greed as cause of, 88; innocence and, 6; learning about, 120 –121; ricos practicing, 110; sin and, 6, 88 Costilla, New Mexico, 181n.3 Counihan, Carole, xii, 1, 4, 9, 11, 73, 109, 178n.18, 179n.24, 182nn.5,9,11 courtship: changes in, 153–155, 170 – 171, 174 –175; class and, 109–110; dances and, 109–110; honor in, 109; practices of, 109–110; in Spain, 182n.10 cowboy: ethnicity of, 164; Hollywood films of, 163–164 Craddock, Jerry R., 167 crops, 111 Culebra Creek, 133, 138, 149, 177n.5; settlement of, 2–3. See also El Rito cultural citizenship, 166, 187n.11 culture, 150, 186n.3 curandera, 155, 157, 167–170, 171–173 Curiel Merchán, Marciano, 183n.6 cuzco, 123 dances: courtship and, 109–110; fights at, 117, 183n.16 daughters, 137 De Herrera, Pete, 92, 116 De Herreras, 85 de Larrea Palacín, Arcadio, 183n.6 de Llano Roza de Ampudia, Aurelio, 183n.6 Del Norte, 84, 85, 157 Deutsch, Sarah, 5, 104, 178n.13, 180n.11, 182nn.1– 4,6,17 dialogue, 8 Díaz, José, 183n.16 ALEX AND THE HOBO 200 INDEX Díaz Barriga, Miguel, xii diet, 185n.7 discrimination, 105–106 drinking: explanation of, 144 –145; father’s moderation in, 144; mother’s dislike of, 143–144; poverty and...