Examines the role of the vernacular arts in Mexicos transformation from a regionally and culturally fragmented country into a modern nation-state with an inclusive and compelling national identity.
2020 Second Place, Best Nonfiction Multi Author, International Latino Book Awards Collecting the perspectives of scholars who reflect on their own relationships to particular garments, analyze the politics of dress, and examine the role of consumerism and entrepreneurialism in the production of creating and selling a style, meXicana Fashions examines and searches for meaning in these visible, performative aspects of identity. Focusing primarily on Chicanas but also considering trends connected to other Latin American communities, the authors highlight specific constituencies that are defined by region (“Tejana style,” “L.A. style”), age group (“homie,” “chola”), and social class (marked by haute couture labels such as Carolina Herrera and Oscar de la Renta). The essays acknowledge the complex layers of these styles, which are not mutually exclusive but instead reflect a range of intersections in occupation, origin, personality, sexuality, and fads. Other elements include urban indigenous fashion shows, the shifting quinceañera market, “walking altars” on the Days of the Dead, plus-size clothing, huipiles in the workplace, and dressing in drag. Together, these...
Para todo público.Un periodista se involucra en la investigación de un historiador mexicano (muerto misteriosamente), sobre la licitud de los actos de Cortés, en la conquista de México. Aprovechando una gira de trabajo para entrevistar a los integrantes del equipo de futbol campeón del mundo, decide continuar la investigación. Una indiscreción del jefe del historiador y su desmedido deseo de reconocimiento, lo hacen inventar una fantástica trama sobre las consecuencias de ese juicio, lo que pone en alerta a varios servicios de inteligencia y a un grupo de ETA. El periodista se enamora perdidamente de una bella desconocida. La trama se entrecruza con pasajes rigurosamente históricos, sobre la conquista. Una novela basada en contundentes y dramáticos hechos históricos; ficción y realidad; pasado y presente; amor y traición; situaciones que sorprenden al lector, hasta conducirlo a un desenlace totalmente inesperado.
A study of the role of pawnshops in the lives and culture of working and middle-class families in Mexico City from the eighteenth century to the present.
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