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Narcocorrido : a journey into the music of drugs, guns, and guerrillas / Elijah Wald.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML3570 .W35 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wald, Elijah.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Corridos--Mexico--History and criticism.
- Corridos.
- Folk songs, Spanish--Mexico--History and criticism.
- Folk songs, Spanish.
- Popular music--Mexico--History and criticism.
- Popular music.
- Music--Social aspects.
- Mexico.
- Music--Social aspects--Mexico.
- Music.
- Drug traffic--Mexico.
- Drug traffic.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 333 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Rayo, [2001]
- Summary:
- Journalist Wald presents an in-depth exploration of the popular Latin music trend of the narcocorridos, Mexican ballads about the daring deeds of cross-border drug traffickers. The Smithsonian will launch an exhibit dedicated to the corridos in February 2002. 8-page photo insert.
- Contents:
- Corrido renaissance
- The Sinaloan sound
- El otro lado
- Norteño heartland
- Mexico City and points south.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references, discography and index.
- ISBN:
- 0066210240
- OCLC:
- 48379357
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