The Mexican Corrido: A Feminist Analysis

"... well-written and well-documented landmark study... " —Choice
"This book raises important ideological and esthetic questions about the interpretation of artistic and cultural manifestations in a given society."Â —Hispanic American Historical Review
"The present volume is provocative in direction and a refreshing addition to the extant literature on the Mexican Âcorrido genre." —American Ethnologist
"[Herrera-Sobek’s] refreshing approach to analyzing masculine attitudes toward the feminine as expressed in the Mexican Âcorrido is not only insightful but courageous." —Inez Cardozo-Freeman, Southern Folklore
"... well-researched, insightful, clearly written, and well-illustrated study of a genre familiar in Hispanic culture." —Journal of the American Studies Association
"... provides tantalizing insights into the inner workings and meanings of Mexico’s favorite folk ballads..." —Journal of Third World Studies
Challenging the stereotypical view of the passive Mexican/Chicana woman of the archetype, the author examines the portrayal of female figures in over three thousand Âcorridos or Mexican ballads and shows that in spite of long-dominant patriarchal ideology, the Âcorridos reveal the presence of self-confident women throughout Mexican history. Included are a discography, a detailed bibliography of Âcorrido collections, and several photographs of Âsoldaderas from the internationally famous Augustin Casasola collection.

Literature & Fiction

Herrera-Sobek, Maria

History & Criticism

Indiana University Press

"... provides a valuable service of not only gathering and presenting from 5,000 song texts a wide variety of ballads with full translation but also placing them all in a succinct historical context extending from the Mexican War to the present." ―Journal of American Ethnic History
"... [a] stunning achievement, not only because it is an intelligent and comprehensive study of Mexican immigrant ballads, but because analysis gives way to, steps aside respectfully for, a multitude of immigrants who sing their experiences of crossing the border into the U.S. with astonishing clarity and historical perspicacity." ―Western Folklore
"Herrera-Sobek's folk-song collection is impressive, as are her English translations―crisp and unstilted." ―MultiCultural Review
"[Herrera-Sobek's] well-written book provides historians, ethnomusicologists, sociologists, and other scholars with a case study that demonstrates how valuable song lyrics can be in their studies. Strongly recommended to humanists and social scientists." ―Choice
"Supported with photographs, full documentation and other scholarly devices, this is a solid work on an unusual topic." ―Sing Out!
Northward Bound traces Mexican emigration to the United States from 1848 to 1991 through the lyrics of Mexican ballads (corridos) and contemporary popular songs (canciones). These autobiographical songs reflect the relationship between individual experience and the history-making process.

Northward Bound: The Mexican Immigrant Experience in Ballad and Song

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

"... well-written and well-documented landmark study... " —Choice"This book raises important ideological and esthetic questions about the interpretation of artistic and cultural manifestations in a given society."Â —Hispanic American Historical Review"The present volume is provocative in direction and a refreshing addition to the extant literature on the Mexican Âcorrido genre." —American Ethnologist"[Herrera-Sobek’s] refreshing approach to analyzing masculine attitudes toward the feminine as expressed in the Mexican Âcorrido is not only insightful but courageous." —Inez Cardozo-Freeman, Southern Folklore"... well-researched, insightful, clearly written, and well-illustrated study of a genre familiar in Hispanic culture." —Journal of the American Studies Association"... provides tantalizing insights into the inner workings and meanings of Mexico’s favorite folk ballads..." —Journal of Third World StudiesChallenging the stereotypical view of the passive Mexican/Chicana woman of the archetype, the author examines the portrayal of female figures in over three thousand Âcorridos or Mexican ballads and shows that in spite of long-dominant patriarchal ideology, the Âcorridos reveal the presence of self-confident women throughout Mexican history. Included are a discography, a detailed bibliography of Âcorrido collections, and several photographs of Âsoldaderas from the internationally famous Augustin Casasola collection.

Chicanos and Chicanas, or Mexican Americans, are deeply rooted in the cultures of African, European, and Native American groups. The richness of Chicano culture is especially evident in such folklore genres as myths, tales, legends, traditional beliefs, songs, games, and riddles. Written especially for high school students and general readers, this book is an introductory guide to Chicano folklore. It defines and classifies the folklore, provides numerous examples and texts, discusses the presence of Chicano folklore in literature and popular culture, and reviews scholarship and criticism.
Written expressly for high school students and general readers, the volume classifies and defines Chicano folklore and provides background information on the historical contexts in which Chicanos have thrived. It also provides numerous examples and texts from various folklore genres and discusses the importance of Chicano folklore to literature and popular culture. In addition, it reviews scholarship and critical approaches and closes with a bibliography and glossary. This book will help students appreciate America's cultural diversity as they learn about the fascinating traditions of this important ethnic group.

Chicano Folklore: A Handbook (Greenwood Folklore Handbooks)

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Greenwood

Bracero Experience: Elitelore Verses Folklore

Univ of California at LA

A study of the Mexican immigrant worker contrasting the image of the bracero in literature with a composite drawn from interviews with sixteen former braceros from Michoacán and with a depiction of the bracero in a selection of folk songs.

The Bracero Experience: Elitelore Versus Folklore (UCLA Latin American Studies)

Reference

Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

Three Times a Woman: Chicana Poetry

Martínez, Demetria

De Alba, Alicia Gaspar

Alicia Gaspar De Alba

María Herrera-Sobek

Demetria Martínez

Alba, Alicia Gaspar De

Contemporary

Bilingual Pr

New Visions, new ideas, daring inroads - are what the writers and critics of this creative and critical anthology of Chicano Literature undertake in their expansion of the frontiers of American Literature. The writers - Lorna Dee Cervantes, Denise Chavez, Lucha Corpi, Roberta Fernandez, Evangelina Vigil-Pinon, Helena M. Viramontes - embark on the exploration of Chicana sexuality, the destruction of patriarchy, innovations in style and themes. The critics - Norma Alarcon, Maria Herrera-Sobek, Julian Olivares, Tey Diana Rebolledo, Yvonne Yarbro-Bejarano - engage in a dialectic of theoretical applications: American and European theories or an emancipation in search of an authentic Chicano critical discourse? Writers and critics, together, open up new dimensions for American literature.

Chicana Creativity and Criticism: Charting New Frontiers in American Literature

United States

Arte Publico Pr

Presents essays dealing with literature written by Hispanic Americans from the sixteenth century through 1960, evaluates individual authors, and examines the contributions of Latino authors in a multicultural, multilingual society.

Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage

Essays & Correspondence

Arte Publico Press

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