Cathy Ragland is an Assistant Professor in Music and the Arts at SUNY/Empire State College. She is a former music critic for the San Antonio Express-News, Seattle Times and Austin American-Statesman, where, among many things, she wrote about Tex-Mex and Norteña music. She is also a former folklorist and co-founder of the Mariachi Academy of New York, an after-school program in East Harlem.
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Mexicanidad and Música Norteña in the “Two Mexicos”
2. Regional Identity, Class, and the Emergence of “Border Music”
3. Border Culture, Migration, and the Development of Early Música Norteña
4. Modern Música Norteña and the Undocumented Immigrant
5. Los Tigres del Norte and the Transnationalization of Música Norteña in
the Working-Class Mexican Diaspora
Conclusion
Glossary
References
Selected Discography
Interviews
Index
