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Manuel F Medrano

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Description:Americo Paredes (1915-1999) was a folklorist, scholar, and professor at the University of Texas at Austin who is widely acknowledged as one of the founding scholars of Chicano Studies. With the publication of With His Pistol in His Hand: A Border Ballad and Its Hero in 1958, Paredes soon emerged as a challenger to the status quo. His book questioned the mythic nature of the Texas Rangers and provided an alternative counter-cultural narrative to the existing traditional narratives. He is credited with introducing the concept of Greater Mexico, decades before its wider acceptance today among transnationalist scholars. The author, Manuel F. Medrano, interviewed Paredes over a five-year period before Paredes' death in 1999, and also interviewed his family and colleagues.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Americo Paredes: In His Own Words, an Authorized Biography. To get started finding Americo Paredes: In His Own Words, an Authorized Biography, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 216

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: University of North Texas Press

Release: 2010

ISBN: 1282889826

Description: Americo Paredes (1915-1999) was a folklorist, scholar, and professor at the University of Texas at Austin who is widely acknowledged as one of the founding scholars of Chicano Studies. With the publication of With His Pistol in His Hand: A Border Ballad and Its Hero in 1958, Paredes soon emerged as a challenger to the status quo. His book questioned the mythic nature of the Texas Rangers and provided an alternative counter-cultural narrative to the existing traditional narratives. He is credited with introducing the concept of Greater Mexico, decades before its wider acceptance today among transnationalist scholars. The author, Manuel F. Medrano, interviewed Paredes over a five-year period before Paredes' death in 1999, and also interviewed his family and colleagues.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Americo Paredes: In His Own Words, an Authorized Biography. To get started finding Americo Paredes: In His Own Words, an Authorized Biography, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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