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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Parédez, Deborah, 1970- Selenidad. Durham [NC] : Duke University Press, 2009 (OCoLC)639400518 |
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| Named Person: | Selena; Selena (Sängerin) |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Deborah Parédez |
| ISBN: | 9780822344896 0822344890 9780822345022 0822345021 |
| OCLC Number: | 301948489 |
| Description: | xxiii, 259 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction: Selenidad and latinidad in the 1990s -- Soundtracks of Selenidad : "disco medley" and "como la flor" -- Colonial past, Tejano present : civic maintenance at Selena's memorial -- Selena forever, Latino futures -- Becoming Selena, becoming Latina -- "Como la flor" reprised : queer Selenidad. |
| Responsibility: | Deborah Paredez. |
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"Selena, as Deborah Paredez compellingly shows, functions as a cultural hinge figure: issues pertaining to economics, ethnic identity, music, body language, sexuality, and politics are all negotiated around and through her body. More than that, Paredez demonstrates that the mourning around the star's death--the outpouring of grief by Latinos and the reluctant observance by mainstream audiences--enacts the troubled relationship of Latinos and the mainstream generally."-- Diana Taylor, author of The Archive and the Repertoire: Performing Cultural Memory in the Americas "In this outstanding book, Deborah Paredez teaches us important lessons about the politics of Latinidad. She makes insightful connections between Selena's memorialization and contemporary issues including U.S. policy toward Latinos, the continued relevance of Texas's colonial and conquest history, the political economy of NAFTA, and even strategies for containing urban popular expression."--Arlene Davila, author of Latinos, Inc.: The Marketing and Making of a People Read more...
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