El Narcotraficante: Narcocorridos and the Construction of a Cultural Persona on the U.S.-Mexico Border
(Part of the The Inter-America Series Series)
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Since the late 1970s, a new folk hero has risen to prominence in the U.S.-Mexico border region and beyond-the narcotrafficker. Celebrated in the narcocorrido, a current form of the traditional border song known as the corrido, narcotraffickers are often portrayed as larger-than-life "social bandits" who rise from poor or marginalized backgrounds to positions of power and wealth by operating outside the law and by living a life of excess, challenging...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:029270206X
ISBN13:9780292702066
Release Date:February 2003
Publisher:University of Texas Press
Length:212 Pages
Weight:4.90 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"
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