Title Américo Paredes : in his own words, an authorized biography / Manuel F. Medrano.

Publication Info.	Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, [2010]
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Edition	1st ed.
Description	1 online resource (vii, 180 pages) : photographs.
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Series	Number 5 in the Al filo: Mexican American studies series
	Al filo ; no. 5.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-175) and index.
Contents	The formative years -- The depression years -- The War and post-war years -- Pursuing a dream -- A professor of legendary status.
Note	Print version record.
Summary	Amrico Paredes (1915-1999) was a folklorist, scholar, and professor at the University of Texas at Austin who is widely acknowledged as one of the founding scholars of Chicano Studies. With the publication of "With His Pistol in His Hand": A Border Ballad and Its Hero in 1958, Paredes soon emerged as a challenger to the status quo. His book questioned the mythic nature of the Texas Rangers and provided an alternative counter-cultural narrative to the existing traditional narratives. He is credited with introducing the concept of Greater Mexico, decades before its wider acceptance today among t.
Subject	Paredes, Américo, 1915-1999.
	Paredes, Américo, 1915-1999. (OCoLC)fst01799415
	Mexican American authors -- Texas -- Biography.
	Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
	Folklorists -- Texas -- Biography.
	Mexican Americans -- Texas -- Biography.
	BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
	LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
	Authors, American. (OCoLC)fst00821764
	Folklorists. (OCoLC)fst00930376
	Mexican American authors. (OCoLC)fst01018935
	Mexican Americans. (OCoLC)fst01019072
	Texas. (OCoLC)fst01210336
Chronological Term	1900-1999
Genre/Form	Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
Added Author	Paredes, Américo, 1915-1999.
Other Form:	Print version: Medrano, Manuel, 1949- Américo Paredes. 1st ed. Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, ©2010 9781574412871 (DLC) 2009050515 (OCoLC)473659126
ISBN	9781441678805 (electronic bk.)
	1441678808 (electronic bk.)

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