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¡Corrido! : the living ballad of Mexico's western coast / collected, transcribed, arranged, and annotated by John Holmes McDowell ; photographs by Patricia Glushko ; musical transcriptions by Carlos Fernández.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McDowell, John Holmes, 1946- compiler, transcriber.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Corridos--Mexico--Pacific Coast--History and criticism.
- Corridos.
- Folk songs, Spanish--Mexico--History and criticism.
- Folk songs, Spanish.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (454 p.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Albuquerque, [New Mexico] : University of New Mexico Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 collectio
- Contents:
- Regionales/Regional standards
- Cruz Grande
- Juvencio and Meche Vargas
- Collaborations
- Ometepec and Cuajinicuilapa
- Acapulco
- Costa Grande.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780826337443
- 0826337449
- OCLC:
- 916921303
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