| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 180 pages) : photographs. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Number 5 in the Al filo: Mexican American studies series
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Al filo ; no. 5.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-175) and index. |
| Contents |
The formative years -- The depression years -- The War and post-war years -- Pursuing a dream -- A professor of legendary status. |
| Summary |
Amrico 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 t. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Paredes, Américo, 1915-1999.
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Paredes, Américo, 1915-1999. |
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Paredes, Americo, 1915-1999. |
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Mexican American authors -- Texas -- Biography.
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Mexican American authors. |
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Texas. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Authors, American. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Folklorists -- Texas -- Biography.
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Folklorists. |
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Mexican Americans -- Texas -- Biography.
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Mexican Americans. |
| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Paredes, Américo, 1915-1999.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Medrano, Manuel, 1949- Américo Paredes. 1st ed. Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, ©2010 9781574412871 (DLC) 2009050515 (OCoLC)473659126 |
| ISBN |
9781441678805 (electronic book) |
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1441678808 (electronic book) |
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9781574413328 (e-book) |
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9781597346009 |
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1597346004 |
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1574413325 |
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9781574413328 |
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1282889826 |
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9781282889828 |
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9781574412871 |
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1574412876 |
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