Prof. J. Nicolopulos

Topics Related to the Mexican Revolution:

3. Corridos del moviemiento agrarista.

One of the most important political/ideological movements to emere during the Mexican Revolution was that associated with Agrarian Reform. Early leaders such as Madero and Carranza paid lip service to some sort of Reform, but only in the vaguest terms. Zapata and his followers in the South (based in Morelos) made it the centerpiece of their program from the beginning and never wavered in their committment to the ideal that "la tierra es de quien la trabaja." (See Corridos Zapatistas for corridos and more information). In the North, Villa implemented his own version of land reform during the years that the División del Norte controlled Chihuahua and surrounding territories. Others, like the "colorado" (ex-orozquista) chieftains like Benjamín Argumedo and Che Che Cammpos, carried out their own improvised program of sacking haciendas in the name of land reform in places like Durango and Zacatecas. In other areas, however, more coherent attempts to effect agrarian reform were carried out, especially in the period from the 1920s up through the 1940s. Because various agrarista groups became involved in the government's struggle to suppress the Cristero rebellion, there are a number of agrarista corridos associated with those of the Cristeros. (See: Corridos de la Cristiada). Many regions and many corridos remain undocumented for this course, and would form an fascinating and useful addition. Some are listed below:

Corridos:

3.a)Corridos de los Agraristas

"El corrido del agrarista." Pts. I & II. Trovadores Tamaulipecos. Rec. New York. August 1929.

"Corrido de Ezequiel Rodríguez" -- Tres versiones. Ver: Tres versiones del corrido de "Ezequiel Rodríguez".

Other Corridos of these cycles in the Arhoolie Foundation Frontera Collection.

There are abundant, up-to-date studies of agrarismmo in various regions and time periods to draw upon. Finding ecorded versions of the corridos may require some intensive research, but it will be well rewarded.

Basic Bibliography:

Avitia Hernández, Antonio. El corrido histórico mexicano: voy a cantarles la historia. 5 tomos. México: Porrúa, 1997.

Esparza Sánchez, Cuauhtémoc. El corrido zacatecano. México: INAH/SEP, 1976.

Katz, Friederich. The Life and Times of Pancho Villa. Stanford: Stanford UP, 1998.

Knight, Alan. The Mexican Revolution. 2 vols. London: U of Cambridge P, 1986.

Macazaga Ordoño, César, ed. Corridos de la revolución mexicana (1910-1930): Colección de 100 corridos publicados por Eduardo Guerrero en 1931. México: Editorial Innovación, 1985. UT: Benson PQ7261.H5.C67.

María y Campos, Armando de. La revolución mexicana a través de los corridos populares. Biblioteca del Instituto Nacional de Estudios Históricos de la Revolución Mexicana. México: Talleres Gráficos de la Nación, 1962. UT: Benson G868.7108.M337r v.1 & 2.

Mendoza, Vicente T. El corrido mexicano. México: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1954.

Moreno, Daniel. Batallas de la Revolución y sus corridos. México: Porrúa, 1978.

Simmons, Merle. The Mexican Corrido as a Source of an Interpretative Study of Modern Mexico. Bloomington: U of Indiana P, 1957.

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