Américo Paredes : in his own words, an authorized biography / Manuel F. Medrano.

By:

Medrano, Manuel, 1949-

Contributor(s):

Paredes, Américo, 1915-1999

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781441678805
1441678808
9781574413328
9781597346009
1597346004
1574413325
9781574413328
1282889826
9781282889828

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Américo Paredes.DDC classification:

813/.54 22

LOC classification:

PS3531.A525 M43 2010eb

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Contents:

The formative years -- The depression years -- The War and post-war years -- Pursuing a dream -- A professor of legendary status.

Summary: Amrico 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 t

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-175) and index.

The formative years -- The depression years -- The War and post-war years -- Pursuing a dream -- A professor of legendary status.

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Amrico 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 t

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