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El Narcotraficante : Narcocorridos and the Construction of a Cultural Persona on the U.S.-Mexico Border /

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 ban...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Edberg, Mark Cameron (Autor)
Otros Autores: Campbell, Howard (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Prologue: Narcocorridos and the Meaning of the Drug Trafficker Image on the U.S.-Mexico Border
  • 1. Corridos, Cultural Representations, and Poverty
  • 2. Investigating Narcocorridos and Their Meaning in the U.S.-Mexico Border Context
  • 3. Interpreting Narcocorridos
  • 4. Narcocorridos and the Cultural Persona of the Narcotrafficker
  • Appendix 1. Research Methodology and Sample Interview Guides
  • Appendix 2. Spanish Texts of Corridos and Narcocorridos
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index