Amï¿½rico Paredes Culture and Critique

Name: Amï¿½rico Paredes Culture and Critique
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ISBN: 9780292738775

ISBN-10: 0292738773

ISBN-13: 9780292738775

Edition: 2012

Authors: Josï¿½ E. Limï¿½n

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Several 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.Serving as a counterpoint to hagiographic commentaries, Américo Paredeschallenges and corrects prevailing readings by contemporary critics of…

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List price: $55.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 10/15/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 247
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Radical Hope



Asian Amï¿½rico



The Folklorist



Cultural Studies



Tracking Culture



Valor Civil


Despedida


Notes


Bibliography


Index