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El narcotraficante : narcocorridos and the construction of a cultural persona on the U.S.-Mexico border /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Edberg, Mark Cameron, 1955-
Corporate Author: NetLibrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2004.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Inter-America series.
Subjects:
Drug traffic > Mexico.
Drug traffic > Mexico > Folklore.
Drug traffic > Mexico > Songs and music.
Drug dealers > Mexico > Folklore.
Drug dealers > Mexico > Songs and music.
Drugs in popular music.
Corridos > Mexico.
Mexican Americans in popular culture.
Mexico > Social life and customs.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue : narcocorridos and the meaning of the drug trafficker image on the U.S.-Mexico border
  • Corridos, cultural representations, and poverty
  • Investigating narcocorridos and their meaning in the U.S.-Mexico border context
  • Interpreting narcocorridos
  • Narcocorridos and the cultural persona of the narcotrafficker.