Americo Paredes: in His Own Words, an Authorized Biography |
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| Author:
| Medrano, Manuel F. |
| Series title: | Al Filo: Mexican American Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-1-282-88982-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2010 |
| Publisher: | University of North Texas Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $22.95 |
Book Description:
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Americo 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...
More DescriptionAmerico 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 transnationalist scholars. The author, Manuel F. Medrano, interviewed Paredes over a five-year period before Paredes death in 1999, and also interviewed his family and colleagues."