THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION
 
 
 
 

(Emiliano Zapata)
 
 
 
 
 

As stated by Americo Paredes, "the political disruption of a rural, communal social order; a period of prolonged and intense social domination; and a predominantly Spanish-language, class-bassed mestizo oral cultue--came together as never quite before.  Politically, they led to the Revolution of 1910; aesthetically, to the emergence of the heroic corrido in the Mexican interior."
 

During this period of the corrido, the heroic narrative began to come to the forefront.  Corridos for Emiliano Zapata, Joaquin Murrieta, Pancho Villa, and Gregorio Cortez became popular stories sung and talked about.
 
 

(photo of Pancho Villa)