Poetry and Violence: The Ballad Tradition of Mexico's Costa Chica

ISBN-13: 9780252075629 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 272 str.

John H. McDowell

Opis

John H. McDowell provides an in-depth study of the Mexican ballad form known as the corrido, a body of poetry that takes violence as its subject. Through interviews with corrido composers and performers, both male and female, and a generous sampling of ballad texts, McDowell reveals a living vernacular tradition that chronicles local and regional rivalries. A detailed case study with broad social and cultural implications, "Poetry and Violence" is a compelling commentary on violence as human experience and as communicative action.