Essay Three:   'Here' and 'Home' in Corridos
Page Length:    3-5 typed pages, double spaced, 1 inch margins, 12 point Times font
Draft Due:      9:00 am, Wednesday, July 23, 2003, IN CLASS
Final Paper Due:        NOON, Friday, July 25, 2003 IN PROFESSOR'S OFFICES

In his chapter, “ ‘Singing Brings Joy to the Distressed’: The Early Social History of Zulu Migrant Workers’ Choral Music,” Veit Erlmann asserts the importance of  the recurrent  and simultaneous themes of “here” and “home” in isicathamiya songs (157-8). His argument engages numerous concepts including duality, contradiction, oscillation, and multiplicity. How might his argument apply to corridos? In answering this question you must refer to actual corrido lyrics, broad and repeated subject matter of the musical form, and the context that gives rise to them.

Your essay should include examples which draw upon the texts, lectures or concepts of all three professors. Additionally, you must include evidence and analysis drawn from the field trip to the Day Laborer's Center.

Be sure to:
        state a thesis clearly,
        proofread your final submissions,
        use themes and terms generated from multiple readings/sources,
        cite appropriately, and
        defend your statements