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Poetry and violence the ballad tradition of Mexico's Costa Chica

Examines the corrido tradition, its history and shows how this Mexican ballad form has been and continues to be spawned and perpetuated by violence - and also how it used to regulate violence and address the healing aftermath of violence. It includes a 75-minute bound-in CD of corrido music.
Print Book, English, ©2000
University of Illinois Press, Urbana, ©2000