Loca Motion

The Travels of Chicana and Latina Popular Culture

Author: Michelle Habell-Pallan
ISBN: 9780814736630

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

Publisher: NYU Press
Publish Date: 2005-05-01

Subjects: Literary Criticism / Drama, Performing Arts / General, Social Science / Popular Culture, Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: Latinx/Chicanx)