{"product_id":"chican-artivistas-martha-gonzalez-9781477321126","title":"Chican@ Artivistas: Music, Community, and Transborder Tactics in East Los Angeles","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs the lead singer of the Grammy Award-winning rock band Quetzal and a scholar of Chicana\/o and Latina\/o studies, Martha Gonzalez is uniquely positioned to articulate the ways in which creative expression can serve the dual roles of political commentary and community building. Drawing on postcolonial, Chicana, black feminist, and performance theories, \u003ci\u003eChican@ Artivistas\u003c\/i\u003e explores the visual, musical, and performance art produced in East Los Angeles since the inception of NAFTA and the subsequent anti-immigration rhetoric of the 1990s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShowcasing the social impact made by key artist-activists on their communities and on the mainstream art world and music industry, Gonzalez charts the evolution of a now-canonical body of work that took its inspiration from the Zapatista movement, particularly its masked indigenous participants, and that responded to efforts to impose systems of labor exploitation and social subjugation. Incorporating Gonzalez's memories of the Mexican nationalist music of her childhood and her band's journey to Chiapas, the book captures the mobilizing music, poetry, dance, and art that emerged in pre-gentrification corners of downtown Los Angeles and that went on to inspire flourishing networks of bold, innovative artivistas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Martha Gonzalez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1477321128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781477321126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/27\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d","brand":"Martha Gonzalez","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43983665561855,"sku":"9781477321126","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cc946b79-f81e-4044-9615-abf4cafb63be.jpg?v=1683268007","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/chican-artivistas-martha-gonzalez-9781477321126","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}