Mexican-American Flappers-Lazy at the Metate
Flappers with bobbed hair in 1920s America were not just Anglos. Mexican Americans in Texas also bobbed their hair. Here’s a translation of a song, Las Pelonas, the bobbed hairs. …
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This week’s Economist has a fascinating piece on what Chinese tourists seek out in Europe. And at just the point where you are beginning to think the author is being…
Read moreCuisine and Language 4. Bi-Cuisinal?
Most people in the world are bilingual (though of course famously not English speakers). Among the strong incentives for becoming fluent in two languages are growing up or marrying into…
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