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Musical sound has been central to heteromasculinist productions of
nation and homeland, whether Chicano, Tejano, Texan, Mexican, or
American. If this assertion holds true, as Deborah R. Vargas
suggests, then what are we to make of those singers and musicians
whose representations of gender and sexuality are irreconcilable
with canonical Chicano/Tejano music or what Vargas refers to as "la
onda"? These are the "dissonant divas" Vargas discusses, performers
who stimulate our listening for alternative borderlands imaginaries
that are inaudible within the limits of "la onda." Dissonant Divas
in Chicana Music focuses on the Texan monument of the Alamo and its
association with Rosita Fernandez; Tejano corrido folklore and its
musical antithesis in Chelo Silva; the female accordion-playing
bodies of Ventura Alonza and Eva Ybarra as incompatible with the
instrumental labor of conjunto music; geography as national border,
explored through the multiple national music scales negotiated by
Eva Garza; and racialized gender, viewed through Selena's
integration of black diasporic musical sound. Vargas offers a
feminist analysis of these figures' contributions by advancing a
notion of musical dissonance-a dissonance that recognizes the
complexity of gender, sexuality, and power within Chicana/o
culture. Incorporating ethnographic fieldwork, oral history, and
archival research, Vargas's study demonstrates how these singers
work together to explode the limits of Texan, Chicano, Tejano,
Mexican, and American identities.
2018 Outstanding Academic Title, given by CHOICE Magazine
Introduces key terms, concepts, debates, and histories for Latinx
Studies Keywords for Latina/o Studies is a generative text that
enhances the ongoing dialogue within a rapidly growing and changing
field. The keywords included in this collection represent
established and emergent terms, categories, and concepts that
undergird Latina/o studies; they delineate the shifting contours of
a field best thought of as an intellectual imaginary and
experiential project of social and cultural identities within the
US academy. Bringing together 63 essays, from humanists,
historians, anthropologists, sociologists, among others, each
focused on a single term, the volume reveals the broad range of the
field while also illuminating the tensions and contestations
surrounding issues of language, politics, and histories of
colonization, specific to this area of study. From "borderlands" to
"migration," from "citizenship" to "mestizaje," this accessible
volume will be informative for those who are new to Latina/o
studies, providing them with a mapping of the current debates and a
trajectory of the development of the field, as well as being a
valuable resource for scholars to expand their knowledge and
critical engagement with the dynamic transformations in the field.
2018 Outstanding Academic Title, given by CHOICE Magazine
Introduces key terms, concepts, debates, and histories for Latinx
Studies Keywords for Latina/o Studies is a generative text that
enhances the ongoing dialogue within a rapidly growing and changing
field. The keywords included in this collection represent
established and emergent terms, categories, and concepts that
undergird Latina/o studies; they delineate the shifting contours of
a field best thought of as an intellectual imaginary and
experiential project of social and cultural identities within the
US academy. Bringing together 63 essays, from humanists,
historians, anthropologists, sociologists, among others, each
focused on a single term, the volume reveals the broad range of the
field while also illuminating the tensions and contestations
surrounding issues of language, politics, and histories of
colonization, specific to this area of study. From
“borderlands” to “migration,” from “citizenship” to
“mestizaje,” this accessible volume will be informative for
those who are new to Latina/o studies, providing them with a
mapping of the current debates and a trajectory of the development
of the field, as well as being a valuable resource for scholars to
expand their knowledge and critical engagement with the dynamic
transformations in the field.
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