Thе followіng in the email the рrofessor sent to the сlass. He goes over the question: how does NAFTA imрact corridos?(You alreadу wrote a paper for me about NAFTA and corridos topic, it was order # 81957789). He also explains what course material to utilize to answer the questions in the MIDTERM prompt. I will upload the necessary material needed to write the paper.
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Class,
This week is our second lecture on corridos and narco-corridos.
Last week I posed the question; how does NAFTA impact corridos? Many of you were on the right track in discussing the violence and poverty that has plagued Mexico as a result of the implementation of NAFTA.
In the provided PowerPoint, I will explain the role of NAFTA in Mexico and its impact on the development of Mexico’s culture and subsequently, narco-corridos. Essentially, NAFTA creates deep poverty in Mexico, and also violence, due to the increase in drug trafficking. As a result, a new form of corridor is born. Remember that music movements always follow social movements.
MIDTERM PROMPT BELOW
In no less than 3 pages, please discuss the recent development of corridos/narco-corridos in Mexico. Utilize lecture notes and all corrido-based readings to answer the following questions.
1. BRIEFLY discuss NAFTA and its effect on Mexico
2. How has NAFTA impacted the narco-corrido in Mexico and in the US?
3. Do you believe that narco-corridos fuel narco-culture in Mexico?
This midterm is basically an extension of your last post, and can be utilized as part of your final paper if you’d like.
IN ADDITION, you are also reading the next several chapters in the text EL NARCO.
Chapters 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12.
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The only material that is new for this paper(MIDTERM) are the following:
• Corrido 3 Lecture Notes
• Corrido 2 PowerPoint
• El Narco: Inside Mexico’s Criminal Insurgency (Please read chapters 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12)
It is necessary to be familiar with the material from the previous papers you have written for me. If you need to refresh on the material, please go over it and re-read it.
The material below is material from the previous papers you have written for me (order # 81953616 and order # 81957789):
• The following is material from the film review “Narco Cultura” (order # 81953616):
– What is a Corrido (If you need to refreh, please re-read the article)
– Corrido 1 PowerPoint (If needed, please review again)
– Narco Cultura (It is very important to recall things from the movie. If you need to watch it again, please message me and I will upload the movie)
– El Narco: Inside Mexico’s Criminal Insurgency (For the film review you read Chapters 1 and 2 from the book. If you need to refresh, please review the chapters in the book)
• The following is material from the “Why Corridos Became Popular as a result of Signing of NAFTA (order # 81957789):
– Narcocorridos: An Emerging Micromusc of Nuevo LA (If you need to refresh, please re-read the article)
– Cocaine’s Long March North, 1900-2010 (If you need to refresh, please re-read the article)
– Corrido 2 Lecture Notes (These lecture notes discuss the timeline of the corridor. If you need to refresh, please re-read the notes).
– El Narco; Inside Mexico’s Criminal Insurgency (For “Why Corridos Became Popular as a result of Signing of NAFTA” you read chapters 4, 5 , 6, and 7. If you need to review, please re-read the chapters)
Please write a well-developed paper that answers the prompt thoroughly. Also, please try not to cite some sentences from the readings, but if you have to cite from the readings, please don’t quote from the readings, instead paraphrase.
