{"product_id":"americo-paredes-culture-and-critique-paperback-softback-9780292756823","title":"Américo Paredes; Culture and Critique (Paperback \/ softback) 9780292756823","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAmérico Paredes\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCulture and Critique\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJosé E. Limón (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780292756823\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 October 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e247 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eAmérico Paredes: Culture and Critique\u003c\/i\u003e is itself central to any in-depth study of folklore and of Paredes himself.\u003c\/div\u003e (Bulletin of Spanish Studies)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeveral biographies of AmÉrico Paredes have been published over the last decade, yet they generally overlook the paradoxical nature of his life’s work. Embarking on an in-depth, critical exploration of the significant body of work produced by Paredes, JosÉ E. LimÓn (one of Paredes’s students and now himself one of the world’s leading scholars in Mexican American studies) puts the spotlight on Paredes as a scholar\/citizen who bridged multiple arenas of Mexican American cultural life during a time of intense social change and cultural renaissance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eServing as a counterpoint to hagiographic commentaries, \u003ci\u003eAmÉrico Paredes\u003c\/i\u003e challenges and corrects prevailing readings by contemporary critics of Paredes’s Asian period and of such works as the novel \u003ci\u003eGeorge Washington GÓmez\u003c\/i\u003e, illuminating new facets in Paredes’s role as a folklorist and public intellectual. LimÓn also explores how the field of cultural studies has drifted away from folklore, or “the poetics of everyday life,” while he examines the traits of Mexican American expressive culture. He also investigates the scholarly paradigm of ethnography itself, a stimulating inquiry that enhances readings of Paredes’s best-known study, “With His Pistol in His Hand,” and other works. Underscoring Paredes’s place in folklore and Mexican American literary production, the book questions the shifting reception of Paredes throughout his academic career, ultimately providing a deep hermeneutics of widely varied work. Offering new conceptions, interpretations, and perspectives, \u003ci\u003eAmÉrico Paredes\u003c\/i\u003e gives this pivotal literary figure and his legacy the critical analysis they deserve.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1. Radical Hope\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2. Asian AmÉ\u003cbr\u003erico\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3. The Folklorist\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4. Cultural Studies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 5. Tracking Culture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 6. Valor Civil\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDespedida\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52530886344984,"sku":"9780292756823","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/americo-paredes-culture-and-critique-paperback-softback-9780292756823","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}