{"product_id":"wild-tongues-transnational-mexican-popular-culture-paperback","title":"Wild Tongues: Transnational Mexican Popular Culture - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRita E. Urquijo-Ruiz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTracing the configuration of the slapstick, destitute \u003ci\u003ePeladita\/Peladito\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003ePachuca\/Pachuco\u003c\/i\u003e (depicted in flashy zoot suits) from 1928 to 2004, \u003ci\u003eWild Tongues\u003c\/i\u003e is an ambitious, extensive examination of social order in Mexican and Chicana\/o cultural productions in literature, theater, film, music, and performance art.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom the use of the \u003ci\u003ePeladita\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003ePeladito\u003c\/i\u003e as stock characters who criticized various aspects of the Mexican government in the 1920s and 1930s to contemporary performance art by María Elena Gaitán and Dan Guerrero, which yields a feminist and queer-studies interpretation, Rita Urquijo-Ruiz emphasizes the transnational capitalism at play in these comic voices. Her study encompasses both sides of the border, including the use of the \u003ci\u003ePachuca\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003ePachuco\u003c\/i\u003e as anti-establishment, marginal figures in the United States. The result is a historically grounded, interdisciplinary approach that reimagines the limitations of nation-centered thinking and reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeginning with Daniel Venegas's 1928 novel, \u003ci\u003eLas aventuras de don Chipote o Cuando los pericos mamen\u003c\/i\u003e, Rita Urquijo-Ruiz's \u003ci\u003eWild Tongues\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates early uses of the Peladito to call attention to the brutal physical demands placed on the undocumented Mexican laborer. It explores \u003ci\u003eTeatro de Carpa\u003c\/i\u003e (tent theater) in-depth as well, bringing to light the experience of Mexican \u003ci\u003ePeladita\u003c\/i\u003e Amelia Wilhelmy, whose \"La Willy\" was famous for portraying a cross-dressing male soldier who criticizes the failed Revolution. In numerous other explorations such as these, the political, economic, and social power of creativity continually takes center stage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRita E. Urquijo-Ruiz is Associate Professor of Spanish and Transnational Mexican Literature and Culture at Trinity University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 237\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47454275928242,"sku":"9780292754270","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/e5c493fd9629648d9d52f1e3368d7452_9e4c2ab7-5319-4fba-b347-4d876ea9a305.webp?v=1778846968","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/wild-tongues-transnational-mexican-popular-culture-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}