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

Name: Poetry and Violence The Ballad Tradition of Mexico's Costa Chica
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ISBN: 9780252075629

ISBN-10: 0252075625

ISBN-13: 9780252075629

Edition: 1999

Authors: John H. McDowell, John McDowell

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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.

Book details

List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Publication date: 1/24/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.968
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Violence and Its Verbal Icons



The Living Ballad



The Ballad Community



Violence on the Costa Chica



Poetry Celebrates Violence



Poetry Regulates Violence



Poetry Heals Violence



Violence as Social Drama


Note on the Recording


Works Cited


Index