{"product_id":"wild-tongues-rita-e-urquijo-ruiz-9780292754270","title":"Wild Tongues: Transnational Mexican Popular Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003eTracing the configuration of the slapstick, destitute \u003ci\u003ePeladita\/Peladito\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003ePachuca\/Pachuco\u003c\/i\u003e (depicted in flashy zoot suits) from 1928 to 2004, \u003ci\u003eWild Tongues\u003c\/i\u003e is an ambitious, extensive examination of social order in Mexican and Chicana\/o cultural productions in literature, theater, film, music, and performance art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the use of the \u003ci\u003ePeladita\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003ePeladito\u003c\/i\u003e as stock characters who criticized various aspects of the Mexican government in the 1920s and 1930s to contemporary performance art by Mar? Elena Gait疣 and Dan Guerrero, which yields a feminist and queer-studies interpretation, Rita Urquijo-Ruiz emphasizes the transnational capitalism at play in these comic voices. Her study encompasses both sides of the border, including the use of the \u003ci\u003ePachuca\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003ePachuco\u003c\/i\u003e as anti-establishment, marginal figures in the United States. The result is a historically grounded, interdisciplinary approach that reimagines the limitations of nation-centered thinking and reading.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeginning with Daniel Venegas's 1928 novel, \u003ci\u003eLas aventuras de don Chipote o Cuando los pericos mamen\u003c\/i\u003e, Rita Urquijo-Ruiz's \u003ci\u003eWild Tongues\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates early uses of the Peladito to call attention to the brutal physical demands placed on the undocumented Mexican laborer. It explores \u003ci\u003eTeatro de Carpa\u003c\/i\u003e (tent theater) in-depth as well, bringing to light the experience of Mexican \u003ci\u003ePeladita \u003c\/i\u003eAmelia Wilhelmy, whose \"La Willy\" was famous for portraying a cross-dressing male soldier who criticizes the failed Revolution. In numerous other explorations such as these, the political, economic, and social power of creativity continually takes center stage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rita E. Urquijo-Ruiz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0292754272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780292754270\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\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 237\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.55d","brand":"Rita E. Urquijo-Ruiz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43913562652927,"sku":"9780292754270","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_7ace50b1-9496-4fa9-8f44-0915f925e8c7.jpg?v=1680621071","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/wild-tongues-rita-e-urquijo-ruiz-9780292754270","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}