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Awarded Honorable Mention for the 2005 MLA Prize in United
States Latina and Latino and Chicana and Chicano Literary and
Cultural Studies.
a"Loca Motion" is a work of intelligent exuberance. Michelle
Habell-PallAn has the eyes, ears, and heart to read popular
performance, culture, and music as the new archives of Chicana and
Latina transnational and translocal histories.a
--Lisa Lowe, UC San Diego
aForget about Ricky Martin and Shakira, here come El Vez and
Marga Gomez. Habell-PallAn has produced a highly original study of
Chicano/Latino popular culture and of its local, national and
international dimensions by taking us into the world of alternative
and experimental Chicano/Latino art.a
--Arlene Davila, author of "Barrio Dreams"
"Offers insight into the dynamics of race, class, gender and
sexuality."--"Hispanic LInk Weekly Report"
In the summer of 1995, El Vez, the aMexican Elvis, a along with
his backup singers and band, The Lovely Elvettes and the Memphis
Mariachis, served as master of ceremony for a ground-breaking show,
aDiva L.A.: A Salute to L.A.as Latinas in the Tanda Style.a 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-PallAn 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 artists, Habell-PallAn
explores new perspectives that defy both traditional forms of
Latino cultural nationalism and the expectations of U.S. culture.
The result is a sophisticated rethinking of identity politics and
an invaluable lens from which to view the complex dynamics of race,
class, gender, and sexuality.
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