Amrico Paredes: Culture and Critique by Jos? E. Lim?n (English) Paperback Book

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A rich critical study of the literary legacies bestowed by the late Américo Paredes (1915–1999), and the intellectual paths he created as a distinguished folklore scholar and one of the forebears of Mexican American Studies.

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Several biographies of Americo 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, Jose E. Limon (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, Americo Paredes challenges and corrects prevailing readings by contemporary critics of Paredes's Asian period and of such works as the novel George Washington Gomez, illuminating new facets in Paredes's role as a folklorist and public intellectual. Limon 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, Americo Paredes gives this pivotal literary figure and his legacy the critical analysis they deserve.

Author Biography

José Limón is Notre Dame Professor of American Literature at the University of Notre Dame and the former Mody C. Boatright Regents Professor of English and American Literature at the University of Texas at Austin. He also served as Director of UT-Austin's Center for Mexican American Studies.

Table of Contents

AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1. Radical HopeChapter 2. Asian AméricoChapter 3. The FolkloristChapter 4. Cultural StudiesChapter 5. Tracking CultureChapter 6. Valor CivilDespedidaNotesBibliographyIndex

Review

Américo Paredes: Culture and Critique is itself central to any in-depth study of folklore and of Paredes himself. * Bulletin of Spanish Studies *

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"Professor Limon is an amazing, powerful critic, and therefore this book is provocative, probing, perceptive, and at times polemical. This is a ground-breaking piece of intellectual work, exhibiting many brilliantly articulated arguments that are deeply original and profound." -- Maria Herrera-Sobek, Associate Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity, and Academic Policy, University of California, Santa Barbara

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Details ISBN0292756828 Publisher University of Texas Press Language English ISBN-10 0292756828 ISBN-13 9780292756823 Media Book Imprint University of Texas Press Subtitle Culture and Critique Place of Publication Austin, TX Country of Publication United States Illustrations black & white illustrations Format Paperback Short Title AM&#XE9RICO PAREDES Series Jack and Doris Smothers Series in Texas History, Life, and Culture Series Number 34 Year 2012 Publication Date 2012-10-01 AU Release Date 2012-10-01 NZ Release Date 2012-10-01 US Release Date 2012-10-01 UK Release Date 2012-10-01 Author José E. Limón Pages 247 DEWEY 813.54 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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