The Border Patrol and Their Migra Corridos: Propaganda, Genre Adaptation, and Mexican Immigration
The U.S. Border Patrol efforts to stop illegal immigration from Mexico to the United States are manifold. In recent times, the U.S. Border Patrol has begun employing so-called corridos, or Mexican ballads, as a means of covert propaganda to slow down illegal immigration. In her article, María Herrer...
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| description | The U.S. Border Patrol efforts to stop illegal immigration from Mexico to the United States are manifold. In recent times, the U.S. Border Patrol has begun employing so-called corridos, or Mexican ballads, as a means of covert propaganda to slow down illegal immigration. In her article, María Herrera-Sobek discusses the appropriation of the corrido genre by the U.S. Border Control and analyzes the corridos from the point of view of extra-literary adaptations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5f6e8c4522dc4e3e9886c7525171a1b72022-12-21T19:42:55ZengGöttingen University PressAmerican Studies Journal1433-52392012-05-01576The Border Patrol and Their Migra Corridos: Propaganda, Genre Adaptation, and Mexican ImmigrationMaría Herrera-SobekThe U.S. Border Patrol efforts to stop illegal immigration from Mexico to the United States are manifold. In recent times, the U.S. Border Patrol has begun employing so-called corridos, or Mexican ballads, as a means of covert propaganda to slow down illegal immigration. In her article, María Herrera-Sobek discusses the appropriation of the corrido genre by the U.S. Border Control and analyzes the corridos from the point of view of extra-literary adaptations.http://www.asjournal.org/archive/57/217.htmlUnited StatesAmericaMexicoborderborderlandsborder patrolillegal immigrationliteratureMexican balladscorridos |
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| title | The Border Patrol and Their Migra Corridos: Propaganda, Genre Adaptation, and Mexican Immigration |
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| title_short | The Border Patrol and Their Migra Corridos: Propaganda, Genre Adaptation, and Mexican Immigration |
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