Lecture on traditional Mexican songs’ part in current drug trafficking issues
Date of Event: November 10, 2011
Posted: October 28, 2011
Juan Carlos Ramirez-Pimienta
GRANVILLE, Ohio— Corridos, or traditional Mexican songs, and their use as a supplemental news source, particularly in issues such as drug trafficking, is the subject of a lecture that will take place at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 10, in the auditorium of Denison University’s Higley Hall (100 Ridge Road). Juan Carlos Ramirez-Pimienta, professor of Spanish at San Diego State University, will give a lecture titled “Singing to Drug Traffickers: Origin and Development of the Narcorrido.” The lecture is sponsored by the Department of Modern Languages and is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Elizabeth Barringer-Smith at 740-587-6643 or visit www.denison.edu.
Calendar Listing:
CALENDAR LISTING: Denison University, Granville—Lecture: “Singing to Drug Traffickers: Origin and Development of the Narcorrido,” at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 10, in the auditorium of Denison University’s Higley Hall (100 Ridge Road). Free and open to the public. For more information, contact Elizabeth Barringer-Smith at 740-587-6643 or visit www.denison.edu.
About Denison:
Denison University, founded in 1831, is an independent, residential liberal arts institution located in Granville, Ohio. A highly selective college enrolling 2,100 full-time undergraduate students from all 50 states and dozens of foreign countries, Denison is a place where innovative faculty and motivated students collaborate in rigorous scholarship, civic engagement and the cultivation of independent thinking.
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