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Americo Paredes, 5 - In His Own Words, an Authorized Biography

English · Paperback / Softback

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Américo 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. He was a brilliant teacher and prolific writer who championed the preservation of border culture and history. 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. He was a co-founder in 1970 of the Center for Mexican American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin and is credited with introducing the concept of Greater Mexico. Paredes became a scholar of scholars, guiding many students to become academic leaders.
"Medrano's biography offers an inspiring and necessary must-read for anyone claiming to have more than just a passing interest in studying the history and cultures of the American Southwest where Mexican Americans have a continuing and growing, important presence."--Texas Books in Review


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MANUEL F. MEDRANO is professor emeritus of history at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and the coauthor of Medieval Culture and the Mexican American Borderlands and Charro Days in Brownsville.

Summary

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. He was a brilliant teacher and prolific writer who championed the preservation of border culture and history.

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Authors MEDRANO, Manuel Medrano
Publisher University Of North Texas Press
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 31.08.2021
 
EAN 9781574418477
ISBN 978-1-57441-847-7
No. of pages 224
Dimensions 150 mm x 226 mm x 15 mm
Weight 318 g
Series Al Filo: Mexican American Stud
Al Filo: Mexican American Studies Series
Subject Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies

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