Negotiating the Border
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Above is a map of the borders
that were in negotiation during the drafting of the Treaty of Guadalupe
Hidalgo.
Once signed on February 2,
1848, those Mexicans occupying former territory were "in waiting" for citizenship.
As the Mexican-American War
ended through the signing of the treaty, citizenship and property rights
were topics of conflict and debate. During these times is when the
first corridos became transmissable
As Americo Paredes states "it
is during this time that what the Mexicans call their narrative folk songs
became the corrido. Especially those of epic themes, taking the name
correr
, which means "to run" or "to flow", for the corrido tells a story
simply and swiftly, without embellishments".
(Paredes, Americo. With
a Pistol In His Hand: A Border Ballad & It's Hero. University of
Texax, 1958.)