Flores y Escalante, Jesús
Morralla del Caló Mexicano
Morralla del Caló Mexicano
Mexico, D.F.: Asociación Mexicana de Estudios Fonográficos, México, 1994. Primera edicion (stated). Octavo in brown pictorial wraps with red ink; 150 pages; 23 cm. A very good copy; cover showing some shelfwear and hinge just barely starting; tight and clean. Paperback.
In Spanish. Uncommon. 2,000 copies printed. A glossary of slang and colloquial language in Mexico, published by the Mexican Association of Phonographic Studies. A cross-section of the Spanish language in 1990s Mexico, with etymological information, sample phrases, and appendix. Fresh cover design and clip art throughout. Jesus Flores y Escalante was born in the city of Puebla in 1944, and studied painting, worked in radio and wrote about popular Mexican culture in books and articles as well as for TV and radio. // slang, argot, Spanish language, colloquialisms, glossaries, vocabularies, Mexican slang, phrases