Mexican Ballads, Chicano Poems: History and Influence in Mexican-American Social Poetry
Mexican Ballads, Chicano Poems combines literary theory with the personal engagement of a prominent Chicano scholar. Recalling his experiences as a student in Texas, José Limón examines the politically motivated Chicano poetry of the 60s and 70s. He bases his analyses on Harold Bloom's theories of literary influence but takes Bloom into the socio-political realm. Limón shows how Chicano poetry is nourished by the oral tradition of the Mexican corrido, or master ballad, which was a vital part...
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"José Limón is one of our most interesting and important commentators on Chicano culture. . . . [This book] will help strengthen an important style of historically and politically accountable cultural analysis."—Michael M. J. Fischer, co-author of Debating Muslims: Cultural Dialogues in Postmodernity and Tradition
PrefaceIntroduction1Pt. 1Politics, Poetics, and the Residual Precursors, 1848-19581Borders, Bullets, and Ballads: The Social Making of a Master Poem72Americo Paredes, Tradition, and the First Ephebe: A Poetic Meditation on the Epic Corrido453With His Pistol in His Hand: The Essay as Strong Sociological Poem61Pt. 2Social Conflict, Emergent Poetry, and the New Ephebes4Chicano Poetry and Politics: The Later Recognition of the Precursor815My Old Man's Ballad: Jose Montoya and the Power Beyond956The Daemonizing Epic: Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales and the Poetics of Chicano Rebellion1157Juan Gomez-Quinones: The Historian in the Poet and the Poetic Form of Androgyny131Conclusion155Epilogue173App A. Harold Bloom: An Exposition and Left Critique177App B. Juan Gomez-Quinones, "Canto al Trabajador"187App C. Juan Gomez-Quinones, "The Ballad of Billy Rivera189Notes195References201Index215
