Corrido

I stare at myself in the mirror. What do I see? I see a socially awkward teenager, I see someone who is oblivious to the immensity of real life, I see a dancing phenom. I like to compare myself to John Travolta from Saturday Night Fever, and it's not my groovy hairdo and careless attitude that builds this parallel, it's the fact that we’re both kings of the dance floor. Unlike John, I'm no connoisseur in the art of 70’s disco, instead, I’ve mastered the Latin dances of quinceañeras. For as long

1A. Banalization is the trivialization of events so as to lessen their significance the question of power in the telling of a narrative, in which the point of view is the story being told. Versioning is a stand on the way the world works, the idea that nothing came from nothing, in which everything is a version of something else. Counter narrative identifies as a positional category, in which material is reread in a new way. B. An example of banalization is the narrative of black lives matter movement

Zoot Suit was written by Luiz Valdez and published in 1978. The story is based on the Sleepy Lagoon murder trials of the 1940s and follows protagonist Henry Reyna. This play deals with the intercultural conflicts between Henry’s generation and his parent’s, as well as those between Mexican-Americans and white Americans. Mexican and American culture is effortlessly blended to show the transcultural influences on Henry and his group of friends. In this historical analysis, I will not only be looking

the soldaderas was unique in that little objective evidence of their aid was known to the masses. Instead of having what Dr. Arce called “official texts or “cultural products”,” expressing the role of the soldaderas, they were remembered through corridos which, being that they are not made with the intent of being objective, created a biased in the memory of the

Both songs, “Them Big City Ways” by Woody Guthrie and “El Deportado” by Los Hermanos Banuelos, represent the stories and discriminations the Okies and Mexicans experienced in Los Angles during this time period. “Them Big City Ways” is a song about the Okies hardships and struggles they experienced after they migrated West and it expresses that California, Los Angles, may not have been as glamorous as its reputation. The song tells a story about a man who was excited to move into the big city with

Mass executions and widespread violence has become a common sight across parts of Syria and Iraq with the recent rise of ISIS, causing the United States to take action and intervene once again in the Middle East. However, closer to home, these sightings are even more common. Just across the almost 2,000 miles-long border between the United States and Mexico, the drug cartels are nearly free to spread fear and chaos and remains almost immune to impunity. Who rules Mexico? Is it the government or

their own way. By the 1920s Los Angeles was booming in Latin music with recording and live performances by Latino artists from the Southwest, New York and the Caribbean. The styles of music that they had in LA we're Banda rap, Chicano Rock, Corrido, Latin jazz, Latin Rock. The vigorous R&B, rock and roll, punk and hip-hop scenes of L.A.’s Chicano Eastside have helped shape American popular music, even as the constant infusion of immigrant laborers from Mexico and Central America continue to

can see this happen in the following two paragraphs: In the above passage, Mr. Lema, Francisco’s sixth grade teacher asks him if he likes music and if he would like to go with him to the music room. Francisco replies by telling him that he likes corridos, Mr. Lema then plays the trumpet, hands it to Francisco, and asks him if he would like to learn how to play it. Before he can answer, Mr. Lema tells him that he will teach Francisco how to play it during lunch hours. Francisco is very excited by

Like for example there is Quebradita, bachata, corridos, and cumbias. These are just some of the dances that I know, but I am sure there are many more. Quebradita is a style that is very energetic. This type of dancing is typically danced in couples, but can be danced as a single as well and the movements

The Mexican Revolution was a period in Mexico’s history that sought to overthrow one of the most long standing tyrannical presidents, Porfirio Diaz, and to do so rebel alliances were formed to fight for economic and social reforms of the middle class. Among the celebrated men of the Revolution who fought for or against the cause are Emiliano Zapata, Pancho Villa, Francisco Madero, Victoriano Huerta, Venustiano Carranza and Alvaro Obregon. Unfortunately, However, The Mexican Revolution is a series