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Dirección General de Culturas Populares "Nuestra Cultura" posters
MS 063  
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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Collection Scope and Contents
  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Dirección General de Culturas Populares "Nuestra Cultura" posters
    Date (inclusive): 1984-1986
    Collection Number: MS 063
    Creator: Mexico. Dirección General de Culturas Populares
    Extent: 0.08 linear feet (4 flat file folders)
    Repository: Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
    Riverside, CA 92517-5900
    Abstract: The collection consists of 17 posters produced in the mid-1980s by the Dirección General de Culturas Populares (DGCP), an insitution of the Mexican government dedicated to the promotion, preservation, and dissemination of popular and indigenous culture in Mexico. The poster series, called "Nuestra Cultura," consists mainly of short stories retelling legends and myths from local cultures, with each poster produced by and focusing on a particular region of Mexico. Many of the posters include a story written in Spanish, along with a translation of that story in the indigenous language of the region, including Mixe, Yaqui, Chontal, Chontal de Tabasco, Nahuatl, Maya, and Purépecha.
    Languages: Materials in the collection are mostly in Spanish, with some accompanying translations in Mixe, Yaqui, Chontal, Chontal de Tabasco, Nahuatl, Maya, Purépecha, and other indigenous Mexican languages.

    Access

    This collection is unprocessed. Please contact Special Collections & University Archives regarding the availability of materials for research use.

    Publication Rights

    Copyright has not been assigned to the University of California, Riverside Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives. Distribution or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. To the extent other restrictions apply, permission for distribution or reproduction from the applicable rights holder is also required. Responsibility for obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user.

    Preferred Citation

    [identification of item], [date if possible]. Dirección General de Culturas Populares "Nuestra Cultura" posters (MS 063). Special Collections & University Archives, University of California, Riverside.

    Acquisition Information

    Provenance unknown.

    Collection Scope and Contents

    The collection consists of 17 posters produced in the mid-1980s by the Dirección General de Culturas Populares (DGCP), an insitution of the Mexican government dedicated to the promotion, preservation, and dissemination of popular and indigenous culture in Mexico. The poster series, called "Nuestra Cultura" and produced monthly, consists mainly of short stories retelling legends and myths from local cultures, with each poster produced by and focusing on a particular region of Mexico. Many of the posters include a story written in Spanish, along with a translation of that story in the indigenous language of the region, including Mixe, Yaqui, Chontal, Chontal de Tabasco, Nahuatl, Maya, and Purépecha.
    The collection contains posters numbering 2-21, with numbers 12, 16, and 17 missing.

    Indexing Terms

    The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

    Subjects

    Folk songs, Spanish -- Mexico
    Indians of Mexico
    Indigenous peoples
    Indigenous peoples -- Languages
    Popular culture -- Mexico

    Genres and Forms of Materials

    Posters