¡Corrido!

The Living Ballad of Mexico's Western Coast

Contributions by Carlos Fernández / Photographs by Patricia Glushko
Published by UNM Press
Distributed by Simon & Schuster

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About The Book

The present compilation of ballads from the Mexican states of Guerrero and Oaxaca documents one of the world's great traditions of heroic song, a tradition that has thrived continuously for the last hundred years.

About The Author

John Holmes McDowell is a professor of folklore and ethnomusicology at Indiana University. Among his earlier books is Poetry and Violence: The Ballad Tradition of Mexico's Costa Chica.

Product Details

  • Publisher: UNM Press (September 15, 2015)
  • Length: 456 pages
  • ISBN13: 9780826337436

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Given the fine overall quality, rich and well-chosen documentation, and splendid insights . . . it's not only Latin Americanists who might want to become acquainted with McDowell's work, but all students of traditional narrative song.
--Journal of American Folklore

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