Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword by Howard Campbell -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue: Narcocorridos and the Meaning of the Drug Trafficker Image on the U.S.-Mexico Border -- 1. Corridos, Cultural Representations, and Poverty -- 2. Investigating Narcocorridos and Their Meaning in the U.S.-Mexico Border Context -- 3. Interpreting Narcocorridos -- 4. Narcocorridos and the Cultural Persona of the Narcotrafficker -- Appendix 1. Research Methodology and Sample Interview Guides -- Appendix 2. Spanish Texts of Corridos and Narcocorridos -- Notes -- References -- Index.