
In some ways Fiesta resembles hundreds of urban celebrations across the country, but San Antonio offers a unique fusion of Southern, Western, and Mexican cultures that articulates a distinct community identity. From its beginning as a celebration of a new social order in San Antonio controlled by a German and Anglo elite to the citywide spectacle of today, HernAAndez-Ehrisman traces the connections between Fiesta and the construction of the city's tourist industry and social change in San Antonio.
| c a c sequeira govindarajan d a cruse pagano klidsa | william wiley scott brian wansink bruce grant garret loporto leonhard simon |