Loca Motion : The Travels of Chicana and Latina Popular Culture / Michelle Habell-Pallan.
2005
PS153.H56 H33 2005eb
Linked e-resources
Linked Resource
Online Access
Details
Title
Loca Motion : The Travels of Chicana and Latina Popular Culture / Michelle Habell-Pallan.
ISBN
9780814773406
Published
New York, NY : : New York University Press, [2005]
Copyright
©2005
Language
English
Language Note
In English.
Description
1 online resource
Other Standard Identifiers
10.18574/nyu/9780814773406.001.0001 doi
Call Number
PS153.H56 H33 2005eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
791/.082/0973
Summary
2006 Honorable Mention for MLA Prize in US Latina and Latino and Chicana and Chicano Literary and Cultural StudiesIn the summer of 1995, El Vez, the "Mexican Elvis,"along with his backup singers and band, The Lovely Elvettes and the Memphis Mariachis, served as master of ceremony for a ground-breaking show, "Diva L.A.: A Salute to L.A.'s Latinas in the Tanda Style." The performances were remarkable not only for the talent displayed, but for their blend of linguistic, musical, and cultural traditions.In Loca Motion, Michelle Habell-Pallán argues that performances like Diva L.A. play a vital role in shaping and understanding contemporary transnational social dynamics. Chicano/a and Latino/a popular culture, including spoken word, performance art, comedy, theater, and punk music aesthetics, is central to developing cultural forms and identities that reach across and beyond the Americas, from Mexico City to Vancouver to Berlin. Drawing on the lives and work of a diverse group of artists,Habell-Pallán explores new perspectives that defy both traditional forms of Latino cultural nationalism and the expectations of U.S. culture. The result is a sophisticated rethinking of identity politics and an invaluable lens from which to view the complex dynamics of race, class, gender, and sexuality.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
System Details Note
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
Digital File Characteristics
text file PDF
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 18. Sep 2023)
Available in Other Form
print 9780814736623
Linked Resources
Online Access
Record Appears in
Online Resources > Ebooks
All Resources
All Resources
Table of Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 From the Shadows of the Spanish Fantasy Heritage to a Transnational Imaginary
2 "No Cultural Icon" Marisela Norte and Spoken Word- East L.A. Noir and the U.S./Mexico Border
3 The Politics of Representation: Queerness and the Transnational Family in Luis Alfaro's Performance
4 Translated/Translating Woman: Comedienne/Solo Performer Marga Gomez, "Sending All Those Puerto Ricans Back to Mexico," and the Politics of a Sexualized Location
5 "¿Soy Punkera, Y Que?" Sexuality, Translocality, and Punk in Los Angeles and Beyond
6 Bridge over Troubled Borders: The Transnational Appeal of Chicano Popular Music
Epilogue "Call Us Americans, 'Cause We Are All from the Américas": Latinos at Home in Canada
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 From the Shadows of the Spanish Fantasy Heritage to a Transnational Imaginary
2 "No Cultural Icon" Marisela Norte and Spoken Word- East L.A. Noir and the U.S./Mexico Border
3 The Politics of Representation: Queerness and the Transnational Family in Luis Alfaro's Performance
4 Translated/Translating Woman: Comedienne/Solo Performer Marga Gomez, "Sending All Those Puerto Ricans Back to Mexico," and the Politics of a Sexualized Location
5 "¿Soy Punkera, Y Que?" Sexuality, Translocality, and Punk in Los Angeles and Beyond
6 Bridge over Troubled Borders: The Transnational Appeal of Chicano Popular Music
Epilogue "Call Us Americans, 'Cause We Are All from the Américas": Latinos at Home in Canada
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author