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by John Holmes McDowell (Author), Patricia Glushko (Photographer), Carlos Fernández (Contribution by)
The present compilation of ballads from the Mexican states of Guerrero and Oaxaca documents one of the world's great traditions of heroic song, a tradition that has thrived continuously for the last hundred years.
Author Biography
John Holmes McDowell is a professor of folklore and ethnomusicology at Indiana University. Among his earlier books is Poetry and Violence: The Ballad Tradition of Mexico's Costa Chica.