Frances Toor (1890–1956)
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Frances Toor's New Guide to Mexico Including Lower California: Sixth Revised Edition (1954) 6 eksemplarer
Made in Italy 2 eksemplarer
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- Fødselsdato
- 1890
- Dødsdag
- 1956-06-16
- Begravelsessted
- Beth Olam Mausoleum, Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Køn
- female
- Nationalitet
- USA (birth)
- Fødested
- Plattsburgh, New York, USA
- Dødssted
- New York, New York, USA
- Bopæl
- New York, USA
California, USA
Mexico - Uddannelse
- National Autonomous University of Mexico
University of California, Berkeley (MA|Anthropology) - Erhverv
- anthropologist
folklorist
ethnographer
university professor - Relationer
- Rivera, Diego (friend and collaborator)
- Organisationer
- National Autonomous University of Mexico
Mexican Folkways magazine (publisher) - Kort biografi
- Frances Toor wrote extensively about Mexican folklore and founded the bilingual cultural magazine Mexican Folkways.
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A Treasury of Mexican Folkways af Frances Toor
https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0517476797/ref=nosim/librarythin06-20
This quirky, out-of-print Spanish phrase book from 1941 may be more an accidental work of art than a text book. The translations are accurate (and some still relevant) but the most of the topics are dated in an unintentionally humorous way.
Some noted examples: Cuban music is very gay and sensuous. (La música cubana es muy alegre y sensual.) You never can tell what a drunkard may do. (Nunca se puede saber lo que hará un borracho.) What a happy combination of girl and hat. (Qué feliz combinación de sombrero y muchacha.) So am I but you are more jealous than a Turk. (Yo también, pero eres más celoso que un turco.)… (mere)
Some noted examples: Cuban music is very gay and sensuous. (La música cubana es muy alegre y sensual.) You never can tell what a drunkard may do. (Nunca se puede saber lo que hará un borracho.) What a happy combination of girl and hat. (Qué feliz combinación de sombrero y muchacha.) So am I but you are more jealous than a Turk. (Yo también, pero eres más celoso que un turco.)… (mere)
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