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Wild tongues : transnational Mexican popular culture /
<P>Tracing the configuration of the slapstick, destitute <em>Peladita/Peladito</em> and the <em>Pachuca/Pachuco</em> (depicted in flashy zoot suits) from 1928 to 2004, <cite>Wild Tongues</cite> is an ambitious, extensive examination of social order in Mexica...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Austin :
University of Texas Press,
2012.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Chicana matters series.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | <P>Tracing the configuration of the slapstick, destitute <em>Peladita/Peladito</em> and the <em>Pachuca/Pachuco</em> (depicted in flashy zoot suits) from 1928 to 2004, <cite>Wild Tongues</cite> is an ambitious, extensive examination of social order in Mexican and Chicana/o cultural productions in literature, theater, film, music, and performance art.</p> <p>From the use of the <em>Peladita</em> and the <em>Peladito</em> as stock characters who criticized various aspects of the Mexican government in the 1920s and 1930s to contemporary performance art by Mar?a Elena Gait?n and Dan Guerrero, which yields a feminist and queer-studies interpretation, Rita Urquijo-Ruiz emphasizes the transnational capitalism at play in these comic voices. Her study encompasses both sides of the border, including the use of the <em>Pachuca</em> and the <em>Pachuco</em> as anti-establishment, marginal figures in the United States. The result is a historically grounded, interdisciplinary approach that reimagines the limitations of nation-centered thinking and reading.</p> <p>Beginning with Daniel Venegas?s 1928 novel, <cite>Las aventuras de don Chipote o Cuando los pericos mamen</cite>, Rita Urquijo-Ruiz?s <cite>Wild Tongues</cite> demonstrates early uses of the Peladito to call attention to the brutal physical demands placed on the undocumented Mexican laborer. It explores <em>Teatro de Carpa</em> (tent theater) in-depth as well, bringing to light the experience of Mexican <em>Peladita </em>Amelia Wilhelmy, whose "La Willy" was famous for portraying a cross-dressing male soldier who criticizes the failed Revolution. In numerous other explorations such as these, the political, economic, and social power of creativity continually takes center stage.</p> |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780292739413 0292739419 |