Corridos in Migrant Memory

by Martha I. Chew Sánchez and Martha I. Chew Sanchez

Corridos are ballads particular to Mexican traditions that are used to analyze or recall a particular political, cultural, and natural event important to the communities where they are performed. As part of the cultural memory, many of the most popular corridos express the immigrant experience: exploitation, surveillance, and dehumanization stemming from racism and classism of the host country. The corrido helps Mexican immigrants in the United States...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826334784
• ISBN13: 9780826334787
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"