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

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Contents Foreword by Howard Campbell ix Acknowledgments xiii Prologue: Narcocorridos and the Meaning of the Drug Trafficker Image on the U.S.-Mexico Border  1. Corridos, Cultural Representations, and Poverty  2. Investigating Narcocorridos and Their Meaning in the U.S.-Mexico Border Context  3. Interpreting Narcocorridos  4. Narcocorridos and the Cultural Persona of the Narcotrafficker  Appendix 1. Research Methodology and Sample Interview Guides  Appendix 2. Spanish Texts of Corridos and Narcocorridos  Notes  References  THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK ...