Corrido

Gregorio Cortez genre is a corrido, which is a Mexican/ Mexican American popular narrative song and poetry form. The sorry of the corrido is when Cortina became a Mexican hero when he shot a deputy/ marshal in the 1850’s for the mistreating one of his mother’s young servants. This incident led to an open conflict with the American authorities. This story represented the struggles that the people were facing in the region and Cortez’s ability to evade capture. This corrido was taken place in American

these corridos, translated into English meaning ballads, were influenced by 14th-century romantic Spanish notes. Further, these ballads, commonly performed by individuals who lack formal musical training and embrace the use of the accordion and tuba in the melody (Madrid 2013, 92). The result of these factors is a musical genre considered unrefined and unsophisticated by most of Mexico until the music’s growth in popularity in the 1970s. Narcocorridos are a sub-genre of the Mexican corrido, use the

Narco-Propaganda in the Mexican Drug War Organized crime is a serious threat to the state and civil society (though boundaries have been blurred between cartels and police/military) Anthropology of crime deconstructs criminalizing discourses of the state but we also need to deconstrust discourses generated by organized crime groups (who have relative autonomy from the state). Mexican organized groups, or “cartels”, produce a quasi-political discourse- a form of narco propaganda. Narco propaganda

A piece of writing is much more than just words on a page. Just as a potter carefully molds and carves every detail and shape into a piece of art, so does a writer. Each comma, dash, antecedent, and fragment is picked cautiously. Each grammatical choice brings to pass a different rhetorical effect creating an irreplaceable and unique piece of art filled with fine detail. Rhetorical grammar is the clay of a potter. One must have it to begin and it has a variety of options to choose from. A person’s

such as Norteñas and Corridos, tell stories

projected through the media or other platforms. My culture is a huge part of who i am. This is what defines me and creates my identity. When people ask me what my culture is i usually say i am Mexican it’s about eating tamales and my tio’s singing to corridos every holiday. Having that nice cup of champurrado every Christmas to warm my tummy. Having an entire country to fall back on if anything goes wrong. Always being surrounded by family and always meeting new family like every other year because you

to empower many women in the Latino community through her music. Introduction Attention Catcher: “Nos dicen las Malandrinas porque hacemos mucho ruido, porque tomamos cerveza y nos gusta el mejor vino. En los salones del baile, siempre pedimos corridos.” Many of you may think that these lyrics were sang by a male artist, however they were actually spoken by a woman, named Jenni Rivera. These kind of lyrics are what initially attracted and shocked audiences of Banda music since they were almost

The first person in my family that was born in Mexico is my dad. His name is Renan Uribe and he’s an excellent dad. Renan Uribe was born on November 12, 1971, in Jalisco, Mexico with his other 11 brothers and sisters. Each of his siblings is unique in their different ways since they all are either blonde with green eyes or blonde with light brown eyes. On the other hand, my dad was very different from them, he has light brown hair and light brown eyes! Uribe’s life was difficult. My dad didn't have

Drug cartels appeared in Mexico during the time of the U.S. Prohibition when liquor was smuggled into the United States over the Rio Grande. When the U.S. Prohibition ended these cartels saw a drop in liquor profits so began to use marijuana as a new cheap and effective cash crop. Drugs really started to get going when the U.S. began to clamp down on drugs in the 1900’s (stratfor). And so many of the Mexican gangs that had smuggled other items started smuggling marijuana and other drugs across

station made this event happen. The radio station had guest like “Voz de Mando” “Christian Nodal” “Maximo Grado” and many more. These artist play “Regional Mexican Music,” they are different type of music that fall into this category. For example; corridos, mariachi, banda, Conjunto norteño. The musicians just go play live for the audience and people enjoy eating their favorite Mexican food and listen to them play. There was food like, tacos, birria, posole, menudo, quesadillas, etc. Also, they had