John Holmes McDowell

¡Corrido!

The Living Ballad of Mexico's Western Coast

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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 tran… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Glushko, Patricia (Fotogr.)

ISBN: 978-0-8263-3744-3
EAN: 9780826337443
Produktnummer: 34255925
Verlag: University of New Mexico Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
Seitenangabe: 392 S.
Plattform: PDF
Masse: 67'403 KB

Über den Autor

John Holmes McDowell is a professor of folklore and ethnomusicology at Indiana University. Among his earlier books is Poetry and Violence: The Ballad Tradition of Mexico's Costa Chica.