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Américo Paredes : Culture and Critique by José E. Limón and José E. Limón (2012, Trade Paperback)

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Several biographies of Américo Paredes have been published over the last decade, yet they generally overlook the paradoxical nature of his life's work. Embarking on an in-depth, critical exploration of the significant body of work produced by Paredes, José E. Limón (one of Paredes's students and now himself one of the world's leading scholars in Mexican American studies) puts the spotlight on Paredes as a scholar/citizen who bridged multiple arenas of Mexican American cultural life during a time of intense social change and cultural renaissance. Serving as a counterpoint to hagiographic commentaries, Américo Paredes challenges and corrects prevailing readings by contemporary critics of Paredes's Asian period and of such works as the novel George Washington Gómez, illuminating new facets in Paredes's role as a folklorist and public intellectual. Limón also explores how the field of cultural studies has drifted away from folklore, or "the poetics of everyday life," while he examines the traits of Mexican American expressive culture. He also investigates the scholarly paradigm of ethnography itself, a stimulating inquiry that enhances readings of Paredes's best-known study, "With His Pistol in His Hand," and other works. Underscoring Paredes's place in folklore and Mexican American literary production, the book questions the shifting reception of Paredes throughout his academic career, ultimately providing a deep hermeneutics of widely varied work. Offering new conceptions, interpretations, and perspectives, Américo Paredes gives this pivotal literary figure and his legacy the critical analysis they deserve.

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Publisher
University of Texas Press
ISBN-10
0292756828
ISBN-13
9780292756823
eBay Product ID (ePID)
175726165

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Author
José E. Limón
Publication Name
Américo Paredes : Culture and Critique
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
247 Pages

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Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
16 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Ps3531.A525
Reviews
Américo Paredes: Culture and Critique is itself central to any in-depth study of folklore and of Paredes himself., Américo Paredes: Culture and Critique is itself central to any in-depth study of folklore and of Paredes himself., Amrico Paredes: Culture and Critique is itself central to any in-depth study of folklore and of Paredes himself.
Table of Content
Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. Radical Hope Chapter 2. Asian Américo Chapter 3. The Folklorist Chapter 4. Cultural Studies Chapter 5. Tracking Culture Chapter 6. Valor Civil Despedida Notes Bibliography Index
Copyright Date
2012
Topic
Ethnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies, American / Hispanic American
Dewey Decimal
813.54
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
23
Genre
Literary Criticism, Social Science

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