The Arhoolie Foundation's Strachwitz Frontera Collection of Mexican and Mexican American Recordings
The Arhoolie Foundation's Strachwitz Frontera Collection of Mexican and Mexican American Recordings

Author: Agustin Gurza

Publisher: Chicano Archives

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780895511485

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"The Strachwitz Frontera Collection is the largest repository of commercially produced Mexican and Mexican American vernacular recordings in existence. It contains more than 130,000 individual recordings. Many are rare, and some are one of a kind. Although border music is the focus of the collection, it also includes notable recordings of other Latin forms, including salsa, mambo, sones, and rancheras. More than 40,000 of the recordings, all from the first half of the twentieth century, have been digitized with the help of the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center and are available online through the University of California's Digital Library Program. Agustin Gurza explores the Frontera Collection from different viewpoints, discussing genre, themes, and some of the thousands of composers and performers whose work is contained in the archive. Throughout he discusses the cultural significance of the recordings and relates the stories of those who have had a vital role in their production and preservation. Rounding out the volume are chapters by Jonathan Clark, who surveys the recordings of mariachi ensembles, and Chris Strachwitz, the founder of the Arhoolie Foundation, who reflects on his six decades of collecting the music that makes up the Frontera Collection."--Publisher description.

¡Corrido!
¡Corrido!

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Publisher: University of New Mexico Press

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 456

ISBN-13: 0826337430

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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. The 107 corridos presented here, gathered during ethnographic research over a period of twenty-five years in settlements on Mexico's Costa Chica and Costa Grande, offer a window into the ethos of heroism among the cultures of Mexico's southwestern coast, a region that has been plagued by recurrent cycles of violence. John Holmes McDowell presents a richly annotated field collection of corridos, accompanied by musical scores and transcriptions and translations of lyrics. In addition to his interpretation of the corridos' depiction of violence and masculinity, McDowell situates the songs in historical and performance contexts, illuminating the Afro-mestizo influence in this distinctive population.

The Mexican Corrido
The Mexican Corrido

Author: María Herrera-Sobek

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 9780253207951

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... well-written and well-documented landmark study... " --Choice This book raises important ideological and esthetic questions about the interpretation of artistic and cultural manifestations in a given society."--Hispanic American Historical Review The present volume is provocative in direction and a refreshing addition to the extant literature on the Mexican corrido genre." --American Ethnologist [Herrera-Sobek's] refreshing approach to analyzing masculine attitudes toward the feminine as expressed in the Mexican corrido is not only insightful but courageous." --Inez Cardozo-Freeman, Southern Folklore ... well-researched, insightful, clearly written, and well-illustrated study of a genre familiar in Hispanic culture." --Journal of the American Studies Association ... provides tantalizing insights into the inner workings and meanings of Mexico's favorite folk ballads..." --Journal of Third World Studies Challenging the stereotypical view of the passive Mexican/Chicana woman of the archetype, the author examines the portrayal of female figures in over three thousand corridos or Mexican ballads and shows that in spite of long-dominant patriarchal ideology, the corridos reveal the presence of self-confident women throughout Mexican history. Included are a discography, a detailed bibliography of corrido collections, and several photographs of soldaderas from the internationally famous Augustin Casasola collection.

Handbook of Hispanic Cultures in the United States: Literature and Art
Handbook of Hispanic Cultures in the United States: Literature and Art

Author: Nicolàs Kanellos

Publisher: Arte Publico Press

Published: 1993-01-01

Total Pages: 422

ISBN-13: 9781611921632

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Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Project is a national project to locate, identify, preserve and make accessible the literary contributions of U.S. Hispanics from colonial times through 1960 in what today comprises the fifty states of the United States.

Hispano Folk Music of the Rio Grande Del Norte
Hispano Folk Music of the Rio Grande Del Norte

Author: Jack Loeffler

Publisher: UNM Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9780826318848

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Each song appears both in Spanish and English. For many, transcriptions of the musical notations are provided as well as graphic illustrations of dance technique.

AP Spanish Language and Culture
AP Spanish Language and Culture

Author: Daniel Paolicchi

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2020-07-07

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13: 1506272096

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Be prepared for exam day with Barron’s. Trusted content from AP experts! Barron’s AP Spanish Language and Culture: 2020-2021 includes in-depth content review and practice. It’s the only book you’ll need to be prepared for exam day. Written by Experienced Educators Learn from Barron’s--all content is written and reviewed by AP experts Build your understanding with comprehensive review tailored to the most recent exam Get a leg up with tips, strategies, and study advice for exam day--it’s like having a trusted tutor by your side Be Confident on Exam Day Sharpen your test-taking skills with 2 full-length practice tests Strengthen your knowledge with in-depth review covering all Units on the AP Spanish Language and Culture exam Reinforce your learning with practice questions at the end of each chapter Online Audio Practice by listening to spoken Spanish with authentic audio passages for all listening comprehension exercises

Los Arabes of New Mexico
Los Arabes of New Mexico

Author: Monika Ghattas

Publisher: Sunstone Press

Published: 2016-09-05

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 1611394783

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At the outset, Los Arabes (Arabic-speaking individuals) were peddlers, carrying a variety of wares that often included exotic items from the Holy Land. These skilled cross-cultural traders expected to strike it rich in the United States and then return to