{"product_id":"folklore-and-culture-on-the-texas-mexican-border-paperback-softback-9780292765641","title":"Folklore and Culture on the Texas-Mexican Border (Paperback \/ softback) 9780292765641","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFolklore and Culture on the Texas-Mexican Border\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAmérico Paredes (Author), Richard Bauman (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780292765641\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 February 1995\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e317 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3 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\u003eVintage Paredes—at once erudite and clear, scholarly and accessible.... It could serve the general reader as an interesting, accessible introduction to this unique Texas scholar who, in Bauman\u0026amp;#x2019;s words, \u0026amp;#x2018;has produced the most important and influential scholarship of our generation on the folklore of Greater Mexico in general and the Lower Border in particular.\u0026amp;#x2019; ...The newly published collection of essays reflects the range and diversity of his work: ribald jokes and ethnic slurs, the rise and fall of the corrido, \u003ci\u003emachismo\u003c\/i\u003e in the United States and Mexico, how anthropologists and other scholars are led astray by their informants, the clash of cultures in the Rio Grande Valley today.\u003c\/div\u003e (Texas Observer)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn an illustrious career spanning over forty years, AmÉrico Paredes has often set the standard for scholarship and writing in folklore and Chicano studies. In folklore, he has been in the vanguard of important theoretical and methodological movements. In Chicano studies, he stands as one of the premier exponents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eParedes's books are widely known and easily available, but his scholarly articles are not so familiar or accessible. To bring them to a wider readership, Richard Bauman has selected eleven essays that eloquently represent the range and excellence of Paredes's work. The hardcover edition of \u003ci\u003eFolklore and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 1993. This paperback edition will make the book more accessible to the general public and more practical for classroom use.\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\u003ePart One. The Social Base and the Negotiation of Identity \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. The Folklore of Groups of Mexican Origin in the United States [1979]\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. The Problem of Identity in a Changing Culture: Popular Expressions of Culture Conflict along the Lower Rio Grande Border [1978]\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. Folk Medicine and the Intercultural jest [1968]\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. On Ethnographic Work among Minority Groups: A Folklorist's Perspective [1977]\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart Two. The Folklore Genres: History, Form, and Performance \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Some Aspects of Folk Poetry [1964]\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. The Mexican Corrido: Its Rise and Fall [1958]\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. The Concept of the Emotional Core Applied to the Mexican Corrido \"\u003cbr\u003eBenjamin Argumedo\"\u003cbr\u003e [1972]\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8. JosÉ\u003cbr\u003e Mosqueda and the Folklorization of Actual Events [1973]\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e9. The United States, Mexico, and Machismo [1971]\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10. The DÉ\u003cbr\u003ecima on the Texas-Mexican Border: Folksong as an Adjunct to Legend [1966]\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e11. The Undying Love of \"\u003cbr\u003eEl Indio\"\u003cbr\u003e CÓ\u003cbr\u003erdova: DÉ\u003cbr\u003ecimas and Oral History in a Border Family [1987]\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography: The Scholarly Writings of AmÉ\u003cbr\u003erico Paredes\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":52695221797144,"sku":"9780292765641","price":18.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/folklore-and-culture-on-the-texas-mexican-border-paperback-softback-9780292765641","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}