About this title: In this book that is part travelogue and part musical history, Wald traces the roots of the contemporary Latin-American folk music known as corrido. While hitchhiking throughout the southwestern US and Mexico, Wald interviewed singers and fans of this style of music which often explores the lives of drug dealers and other outlaws, and often arouses a kind controversy akin to that aroused by gangsta rap in the US.
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
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Description: Good. 0066210240 Ex-Library. Clean DJ in excellent condition under plastic protector. Ex-Library marking. Firm binding. Unmarked interior. read more
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Rayo by HarperCollins
Date Published: 1st printing, 2001
Description: Very Good/Very Good hard cover. 8vo, boards, 333pp, illus. edgewear, scratches, rubbing, dust jacket. used book price inked over front end page. clean and tight text. music. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Rayo by HarperCollins
Date Published: 1st printing, 2001
Description: Very Good+/Very Good hard cover. 8vo, boards, 333pp, illus. edgewear, rubbing, dust jacket. used book price inked over front end page. clean and tight text. music. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Rayo
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780060505103ISBN:0060505109
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Edition: First edition. Stated. FIrst printing [stated].
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Rayo [An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, New York
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780066210247ISBN:0066210240
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. xiii, 333 p. Illustrations. Notes and Discography. Index. Permissions. In the first full-length exploration of the contemporary Mexican corrido, award-winning author Elijah Wald blends a travel narrative with his search for the roots of this unusual and controversial genre--a modern outlaw music that blends the sensibilities of medieval ballads with the edgy grit of gangsta rap. While opening up a rich musical world, this book paints a picture of modern ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Rayo
Date Published: 2002-11-01
ISBN-13:9780060505103ISBN:0060505109
Description: Like New. Never Owned Or Read! May Have Light Shelf Wear And Or Publisher Mark. NEW CONDITION OTHER THAN PUBLISHERS REMAINDER MARK! read more
"A great idea for a book and some rigorous efforts to track down the people and characters related to this genre of music - its clever double meanings, flowing verse and steadfast guitar strumming. This book has probably lost some of its kitsch because of the recent wave of narcoviolence along the border; Tijuana radio stations now refuse to play the corridos as they are a now in poor taste when juxtaposed with the wanton violence."
"Fantastic book, very interesting and informative, and has improved my spanish! Quite interesting how corridos mirror if not influence, politics, culture, drugs, guns, and guerillas. Page 187 has a wonderful local song about women!"
"got into this author after a multi page cover article in the LA Weekly about Chalino Sanchez who wrote hero myth songs about egotistical drug traffickers of Mexican extraction
learned what the 3 animals are what a cuerno de chiva is"
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