{"product_id":"mucho-corazon-9781433190568","title":"Mucho Corazón","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1960s East Los Angeles,\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eLa Estrella de la Canción Romántica interpreted boleros and other music from the collective memory of Mexico. Though an untrained, local artist, her musical performance was as trans-racial, trans-class, trans-generational, and trans-national as the most celebrated artists of the music of \u003ci\u003elatinidad\u003c\/i\u003e. That stage of her artistic career would be key when she later helped deconstruct the machismo that framed the mariachi tradition, as a founding member of the first all-female mariachi group, Las Generalas. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMucho Corazón\u003c\/i\u003e, a biography\/autoethnography written by the protagonist's daughter, relates the life- and performing stages of Aurora Prado Pastrano, who against overwhelming odds, followed her heart to become a bolerista, songwriter, and the first professional woman guitarrón player in United States history. Seamless storytelling advances the long-neglected history of Chicana grassroots artists. Framed by allusions to the music pop\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This inspiring autoethnographic-biography pays homage to Aurora Prado Pastrano’s life as a pioneer female mariachi, \u003ci\u003eguitarronera\u003c\/i\u003e, and mother. Chavira-Prado’s work is necessary and relevant as it archives the contributions of those women in mariachi whose work and stories have been too often relegated to back-stage or forgotten in Chicana\/x\/o music history. This is an empowering interdisciplinary study of the Mexican-American diaspora through the lens of the female mariachi, her struggles, her victories, and the cultural contexts that formed the artist—the mariachi \u003ci\u003efemenil\u003c\/i\u003e.”—Rachel Yvonne Cruz, Professor of Mexican American Studies\/Music Specialist, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Author of \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Mariachi: A Curriculum Guide\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Photos – Acknowledgments – Introduction: Mucho Corazón – \u003ci\u003eSin un Amor\u003c\/i\u003e: Life and Music in El Chamizal – \u003ci\u003eLlorarás, Llorarás\u003c\/i\u003e: Life and Music in Juárez – Mexican Education, the Golden Age of Cinema, and National Identity – Naa, Na, Na, Na, Naa: The Chicano Movement and the Birth of the East Side Sound – La Estrella de la Canción Romántica – Volver, Volver: Mariachi Music and Performance – My Participation in Mariachi Las Generalas: En Primera Voz – Mariachi Las Generalas – Epilogue: Fallaste Corazón: Legacies, Closures, and Failings of the Heart – Appendix A: Misa Panamericana\/ Order of Mass as Played by Mariachi Las Generalas – Appendix B: Aurora Prado Pastrano’s Collection of Old Popular Song Titles – Appendix C: Selected Song Lyrics – Index.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039690522967,"sku":"9781433190568","price":29.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781433190568.jpg?v=1750944503","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/mucho-corazon-9781433190568","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}