Américo Parades, Ballad Scholarship, and Cultural Studies

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2004-10-15
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American Folklore Society
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Américo Paredes became known as the leading scholar of Mexican-American studies on the strength of his classic 1958 study of the balladry of Greater Mexico, "With His Pistol in His Hand." The emerging Chicano ethno-nationalist movement quickly pressed his theme of Mexican-American cultural resistance expressed through balladry into political and educational service. Lost in the process, however, was the fact that Paredes' study was a significant departure from previous ballad scholarship and anticipated the advent of cultural studies.
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