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El Narcotraficante: Narcocorridos and the Construction of a Cultural Persona on the U.S.-Mexico Border

El Narcotraficante: Narcocorridos and the Construction of a Cultural Persona on the U.S.-Mexico Border

Edberg, Mark Cameron

Paperback

Series: Inter-America

AnthropologyGeneral SociologyMexican History

ISBN10: 029270206X
ISBN13: 9780292702066
Publisher: Univ Of Texas Pr
Published: Feb 1 2003
Pages: 212
Weight: 0.76
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.06 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

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 authority (whether U.S. or Mexican), and flouting all risks, including death. This image, rooted in Mexican history, has been transformed and commodified by the music industry and by the drug trafficking industry itself into a potent and highly marketable product that has a broad appeal, particularly among those experiencing poverty and power disparities. At the same time, the transformation from folk hero to marketable product raises serious questions about characterizations of narcocorridos as narratives of resistance.

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