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Jose E. Limon
Arguing that the well-known cowboy ballad "The Streets of Laredo" is an early expression of "discontent with an encroaching modernity," author Jose E. Limon draws upon ethnomusicology, folklore, history, contemporary…
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A rich critical study of the literary legacies bestowed by the late Americo Paredes (1915-1999), and the intellectual paths he created as a distinguished folklore scholar and one of the…
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Recalling his experiences as a student in Texas, Limon examines the politically motivated Chicano poetry of the 60s and 70s and bases his analyses on Bloom’s theories of literary influence…
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Contributors address immigration and border politics and policies, focusing on the fourth wave of immigration and the lives of Mexican and Latino immigrants.
Patrick J. Carroll
How a controversy over a slain Mexican American soldier contributed to the rise of Mexican American activism.
Provides an anthology of recent and rarely seen writing by Borderlands artists from El Paso to Brownsville - and a hundred miles on either side. Challenging the assumption that borderlands…
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