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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gurza, Agustin
Other Authors:	Clark, Jonathan (Jonathan D.), Strachwitz, Chris
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Los Angeles : UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Press, 2012.
Series:	Chicano archives ; v. 6.
Subjects:	Arhoolie Foundation. > Strachwitz Frontera Collection. Strachwitz, Chris. Sound recordings > Collectors and collecting. Popular music > Mexico > Discography. Popular music > Mexican-American Border Region > Discography. Popular music > Mexico > History and criticism.

Table of Contents:

A cultural treasure for the ages
About the Frontera Collection
Chris Strachwitz : the making of a music man in America
The story of the Frontera Collection : the mission to collect, catalog, and conserve a neglected culture
On the record / Chris Strachwitz
A century of corridos : the musical history of Mexico and its people
Transcending machismo : songs of loss and love from the Frontera Collection
Gringos, chinos, and pochos : the roots of intercultural conflict in Mexican music
El mariachi : from rustic roots to golden era / Jonathan Clark
Los Tigres del Norte : from hit makers to historians.