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An innovative application of four social types—the downtrodden Peladita/Peladito and the zoot-suited Pachuca/Pachuco—that illuminates working-class subjects in a broad spectrum of Mexican and Mexican American cultural production.

Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface: Wild Tongues/Lenguas Necias
  • Chapter 1: From the Carpa to the Novel: The Peladito in Las aventuras de Don Chipote, o Cuando los pericos mamen
  • Chapter 2: Las Peladitas: Gender and Humor in Teatro de Carpa
  • Chapter 3: Transnational Pachucada: Artistic Representations in Film, Theater, and Music across the Border
  • Chapter 4: Of Wild Tongues and Restless Bodies: María Elena Gaitán's Performance Art
  • Chapter 5: Beyond the Comfort Zone: Dan Guerrero's ¡Gaytino!
  • Conclusion: Connecting the Past with the Present
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

Wild Tongues Transnational Mexican Popular

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: 01/07/2012
      ISBN13: 9780292754270, 978-0292754270
      ISBN10: 0292754272
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      An innovative application of four social types—the downtrodden Peladita/Peladito and the zoot-suited Pachuca/Pachuco—that illuminates working-class subjects in a broad spectrum of Mexican and Mexican American cultural production.

      Table of Contents
      • Acknowledgments
      • Preface: Wild Tongues/Lenguas Necias
      • Chapter 1: From the Carpa to the Novel: The Peladito in Las aventuras de Don Chipote, o Cuando los pericos mamen
      • Chapter 2: Las Peladitas: Gender and Humor in Teatro de Carpa
      • Chapter 3: Transnational Pachucada: Artistic Representations in Film, Theater, and Music across the Border
      • Chapter 4: Of Wild Tongues and Restless Bodies: María Elena Gaitán's Performance Art
      • Chapter 5: Beyond the Comfort Zone: Dan Guerrero's ¡Gaytino!
      • Conclusion: Connecting the Past with the Present
      • Notes
      • Bibliography
      • Index

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