The Mexican Corrido

Author : María Herrera-Sobek
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0253207959

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The Mexican Corrido by María Herrera-Sobek Pdf

... well-written and well-documented landmark study... " --Choice This book raises important ideological and esthetic questions about the interpretation of artistic and cultural manifestations in a given society."--Hispanic American Historical Review The present volume is provocative in direction and a refreshing addition to the extant literature on the Mexican corrido genre." --American Ethnologist [Herrera-Sobek's] refreshing approach to analyzing masculine attitudes toward the feminine as expressed in the Mexican corrido is not only insightful but courageous." --Inez Cardozo-Freeman, Southern Folklore ... well-researched, insightful, clearly written, and well-illustrated study of a genre familiar in Hispanic culture." --Journal of the American Studies Association ... provides tantalizing insights into the inner workings and meanings of Mexico's favorite folk ballads..." --Journal of Third World Studies Challenging the stereotypical view of the passive Mexican/Chicana woman of the archetype, the author examines the portrayal of female figures in over three thousand corridos or Mexican ballads and shows that in spite of long-dominant patriarchal ideology, the corridos reveal the presence of self-confident women throughout Mexican history. Included are a discography, a detailed bibliography of corrido collections, and several photographs of soldaderas from the internationally famous Augustin Casasola collection.

Author : Agustin Gurza
Publisher : Chicano Archives
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Music
ISBN : 0895511487

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The Arhoolie Foundation's Strachwitz Frontera Collection of Mexican and Mexican American Recordings by Agustin Gurza Pdf

"The Strachwitz Frontera Collection is the largest repository of commercially produced Mexican and Mexican American vernacular recordings in existence. It contains more than 130,000 individual recordings. Many are rare, and some are one of a kind. Although border music is the focus of the collection, it also includes notable recordings of other Latin forms, including salsa, mambo, sones, and rancheras. More than 40,000 of the recordings, all from the first half of the twentieth century, have been digitized with the help of the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center and are available online through the University of California's Digital Library Program. Agustin Gurza explores the Frontera Collection from different viewpoints, discussing genre, themes, and some of the thousands of composers and performers whose work is contained in the archive. Throughout he discusses the cultural significance of the recordings and relates the stories of those who have had a vital role in their production and preservation. Rounding out the volume are chapters by Jonathan Clark, who surveys the recordings of mariachi ensembles, and Chris Strachwitz, the founder of the Arhoolie Foundation, who reflects on his six decades of collecting the music that makes up the Frontera Collection."--Publisher description.

Author : Martha I. Chew Sánchez
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0826334784

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Corridos in Migrant Memory by Martha I. Chew Sánchez Pdf

Corridos in Migrant Memory examines the role of ballads in shaping the cultural memories and identities of transnational Mexican groups.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : University of New Mexico Press
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Corridos
ISBN : 9780826337436

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¡Corrido! by Anonim Pdf

The present compilation of ballads from the Mexican states of Guerrero and Oaxaca documents one of the world's great traditions of heroic song, a tradition that has thrived continuously for the last hundred years. The 107 corridos presented here, gathered during ethnographic research over a period of twenty-five years in settlements on Mexico's Costa Chica and Costa Grande, offer a window into the ethos of heroism among the cultures of Mexico's southwestern coast, a region that has been plagued by recurrent cycles of violence. John Holmes McDowell presents a richly annotated field collection of corridos, accompanied by musical scores and transcriptions and translations of lyrics. In addition to his interpretation of the corridos' depiction of violence and masculinity, McDowell situates the songs in historical and performance contexts, illuminating the Afro-mestizo influence in this distinctive population.

Author : Mark Cameron Edberg
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2004-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 029270206X

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El Narcotraficante by Mark Cameron Edberg Pdf

Since the late 1970s, a new folk hero has risen to prominence in the U.S.-Mexico border region and beyond—the narcotrafficker. Celebrated in the narcocorrido, a current form of the traditional border song known as the corrido, narcotraffickers are often portrayed as larger-than-life "social bandits" who rise from poor or marginalized backgrounds to positions of power and wealth by operating outside the law and by living a life of excess, challenging authority (whether U.S. or Mexican), and flouting all risks, including death. This image, rooted in Mexican history, has been transformed and commodified by the music industry and by the drug trafficking industry itself into a potent and highly marketable product that has a broad appeal, particularly among those experiencing poverty and power disparities. At the same time, the transformation from folk hero to marketable product raises serious questions about characterizations of narcocorridos as "narratives of resistance." This multilayered ethnography takes a wide-ranging look at the persona of the narcotrafficker and how it has been shaped by Mexican border culture, socioeconomic and power disparities, and the transnational music industry. Mark Edberg begins by analyzing how the narcocorrido emerged from and relates to the traditional corrido and its folk hero. Then, drawing upon interviews and participant-observation with corrido listening audiences in the border zone, as well as musicians and industry producers of narcocorridos, he elucidates how the persona of the narcotrafficker has been created, commodified, and enacted, and why this character resonates so strongly with people who are excluded from traditional power structures. Finally, he takes a look at the concept of the cultural persona itself and its role as both cultural representation and model for practice.

Author : Américo Paredes
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2010-03-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780292792517

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With His Pistol in His Hand by Américo Paredes Pdf

Gregorio Cortez Lira, a ranchhand of Mexican parentage, was virtually unknown until one summer day in 1901 when he and a Texas sheriff, pistols in hand, blazed away at each other after a misunderstanding. The sheriff was killed and Gregorio fled immediately, realizing that in practice there was one law for Anglo-Texans, another for Texas-Mexicans. The chase, capture, and imprisonment of Cortez are high drama that cannot easily be forgotten. Even today, in the cantinas along both sides of the Rio Grande, Mexicans sing the praises of the great "sheriff-killer" in the ballad which they call "El Corrido de Gregorio Cortez." Américo Paredes tells the story of Cortez, the man and the legend, in vivid, fascinating detail in "With His Pistol in His Hand," which also presents a unique study of a ballad in the making. Deftly woven into the story are interpretations of the Border country, its history, its people, and their folkways.

Author : Dan William Dickey
Publisher : Center for Mexican American Studies
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Music
ISBN : IND:39000005767103

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The Kennedy Corridos by Dan William Dickey Pdf

Author : José E. Limón
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1992-07-24
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780520911871

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Mexican Ballads, Chicano Poems by José E. Limón Pdf

Mexican Ballads, Chicano Poems combines literary theory with the personal engagement of a prominent Chicano scholar. Recalling his experiences as a student in Texas, José Limón examines the politically motivated Chicano poetry of the 60s and 70s. He bases his analyses on Harold Bloom's theories of literary influence but takes Bloom into the socio-political realm. Limón shows how Chicano poetry is nourished by the oral tradition of the Mexican corrido, or master ballad, which was a vital part of artistic and political life along the Mexican-U.S. border from 1890 to 1930. Limón's use of Bloom, as well as of Marxist critics Raymond Williams and Fredric Jameson, brings Chicano literature into the arena of contemporary literary theory. By focusing on an important but little-studied poetic tradition, his book challenges our ideas of the American canon and extends the reach of Hispanists and folklorists as well.

Author : Merle Edwin Simmons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 650 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Ballads
ISBN : PSU:000050600892

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The Mexican Corrido as a Source for Interpretive Study of Modern Mexico, 1870-1950 by Merle Edwin Simmons Pdf

Author : Nellie Foster
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1939
Category : California
ISBN : STANFORD:36105040721487

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The Corrido by Nellie Foster Pdf

Author : Ilan Stavans
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2024-07-03
Category : Hispanic Americans
ISBN : 0199913706

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Oxford Bibliographies by Ilan Stavans Pdf

"An emerging field of study that explores the Hispanic minority in the United States, Latino Studies is enriched by an interdisciplinary perspective. Historians, sociologists, anthropologists, political scientists, demographers, linguists, as well as religion, ethnicity, and culture scholars, among others, bring a varied, multifaceted approach to the understanding of a people whose roots are all over the Americas and whose permanent home is north of the Rio Grande. Oxford Bibliographies in Latino Studies offers an authoritative, trustworthy, and up-to-date intellectual map to this ever-changing discipline."--Editorial page.

Author : Elijah Wald
Publisher : Rayo
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780062018595

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Narcocorrido by Elijah Wald Pdf

This book explores the world in which one of the oddest and most interesting trends in Latin music over the last 30 years has risen, the narcocorrido. Narcocorridos are Mexican ballads about the daring deeds of cross-border drug traffickers. Tracing the narcocorrido from its birth during the Mexican Revolution, up through its recent developments on the Mexican West Coast, the cradle of drug traffic. From there, the story moves to Los Angeles, where drug music began to blend with the corridos of Mexican immigrants and the concerns they have with living in the United States. The books narrative then heads across the Southwest to the Texas border region, where drug songs are still competing with more old-fashioned gunfighter ballads, then down through Mexico to the southern states of Michoacan, the latest big drug area. Finally, we are taken to Mexico City, with a traveling balladeer of the Zapatista revolution, and a meeting with Teodoro Bello, an illiterate genius who has not only become the most popular present-day corrido writer but the best-selling composer in Mexican history. Through this journey, we feel what how important the music is to the people who make and listen to it, while understanding the deep historical significance this music has on culture, both in Mexico and the United States.

Author : Pedro Pablo Marín
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-14
Category : Art
ISBN : 9798325337222

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The Bandit as the Origin of the Mexican Corrido. History and Evolution Until Our Time. by Pedro Pablo Marín Pdf

The activity of the bandit before and in the midst of the revolutionary chaos, linked to specific regions and to a desire for collective justice, awakens the need to position them as heroes who alleviate the suffering inflicted by the authorities in power. Probably in this sense the Mexican corrido is still in force since it provides a cathartic sense in the face of injustice and abuse, but in which regions of the country did the corrido reach its greatest importance? Who or who are the direct heirs of the revolutionary bandit and took up again the role of heroes and defenders of the people? Index The Mexican Corrido in the Mexican Revolution The Corrido and its relationship with the epic Four possible origins of the Corrido Regionalist origin of the Corrido The Corrido in the Northeast regions and Northwestern Mexico Replacement of the Bandit by the figure of the Narco The commercial boom of the Corridos: Chalino Sánchez The birth of the Corrido Tumbado

Author : John Holmes McDowell
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Ballads, Spanish
ISBN : 0252025881

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Poetry and Violence by John Holmes McDowell Pdf

Does art that depicts violence generate more violence? Taking up a question that touches on contemporary developments such as gangsta rap and schoolyard shootings, John H. McDowell provides an in-depth study of a body of poetry that takes violence as its subject: the Mexican ballad form known as the corrido. McDowell concentrates on the corrido tradition in Costa Chica, where the ethnic mix includes a strong African-Mexican, or Afro-mestizo, component. Through interviews with corrido composers and performers, both male and female, and a generous sampling of ballad texts, McDowell reveals a living vernacular tradition that amounts to a chronicle of local and regional rivalries. Focusing on the tragic corrido with its stories of heroic mortal encounter, McDowell examines the intersection of poetry and violence from three perspectives. He explores the contention that poetry celebrates violence, perhaps thereby perpetuating it, by glorifying for receptive audiences the deeds of past heroes. He discerns a regulatory voice within the corrido that places violent behavior within the confines of a moral universe, distinguishing legitimate from illegitimate forms of violence. the community in the wake of violent events. A detailed case study with broad social and cultural implications, Poetry and Violence is a compelling commentary on violence as human experience and as communicative action. This volume comes with a CD of corrido music taken from live performances in Costa Chica.

Author : Manuel H. Peña
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Music
ISBN : 0890968888

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Música Tejana by Manuel H. Peña Pdf

Pena traces the history of musica tejana from the fandangos and bailes of the nineteenth century through the cancion ranchera and the politically informed corrido to the most recent forms of Tejano music.