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Tex-Mex : music of the Texas Mexican borderlands /

Tex-Mex music is an exuberant style with a Mexican soul and a rock'n'roll heart. It combines styles of corrido, norteno and others, is full of joy and energy, but carries significance through its lyrics about social problems. Lydia Mendoza, Little Joe Hernandez and many others ar...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Harcourt Films, Shanachie Record Corp
Other Authors: Marre, Jeremy
Format: Video VHS
Language:English
Published: Newton, NJ : Shanachie Records Corporation, [1990?]
Series:Beats of the heart.
Subjects:
Mexican Americans > Music.
Mexican Americans > Texas > Music.
Music > Texas.
Popular music > Texas.
Music > Mexico.
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Summary:Tex-Mex music is an exuberant style with a Mexican soul and a rock'n'roll heart. It combines styles of corrido, norteno and others, is full of joy and energy, but carries significance through its lyrics about social problems. Lydia Mendoza, Little Joe Hernandez and many others are shown in performance and conversation.
Item Description:Videocassette release of the 1982 production.
"1206."
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videocassette : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Format:VHS format.
Audience:Music.
Hispanic Studies.
Production Credits:Camera, Chris Morphet ; editor, Roland Armstrong.