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Poetry and Violence - The Ballad Tradition of Mexico's Costa Chica (Paperback) Loot Price: R637
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Poetry and Violence - The Ballad Tradition of Mexico's Costa Chica (Paperback): John H. McDowell

Poetry and Violence - The Ballad Tradition of Mexico's Costa Chica (Paperback)

John H. McDowell

Series: Music in American Life

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John H. McDowell provides an in-depth look at the Mexican ballad form known as the corrido, a body of poetry that draws from violence for its subject matter. Through interviews with male and female corrido composers and performers, plus a generous sampling of ballad texts, McDowell reveals a living vernacular tradition that chronicles local and regional rivalries and spawned the narcocorrido, ballads set in the drug trade and particularly popular along the Rio Grande border. Detailed and rife with social and cultural implications, Poetry and Violence is a compelling commentary on violence as both human experience and communicative action.

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Imprint: University of Illinois Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: Music in American Life
Release date: 2008
First published: 2008
Authors: John H. McDowell
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 978-0-252-07562-9
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Folk music
Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Poetry & poets > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Violence in society > General
Books > Music > Folk music
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LSN: 0-252-07562-5
Barcode: 9780252075629

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