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FROM CHICANO THERAPY TO GLOBARRIOLOGY:
CHICAN@ POPULAR CULTURE AND IDENTITY IN LATE 20TH AND EARLY 21ST CENTURY LOS ANGELES
By
Luís Carlos Rodríguez
____________________________________________
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
(AMERICAN STUDIES AND ETHNICITY)
December 2012
Copyright 2012 Luis Carlos Rodriguez
Object Description
| Title | From Chicano therapy to globarriology: Chican@ popular culture and identity in late 20th and early 21st century Los Angeles |
| Author | Rodríguez, Luís Carlos |
| Author email | lcr@usc.edu;luis.carlos.rodriguez.phd@gmail.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | American Studies and Ethnicity |
| School | College of Letters, Arts And Sciences |
| Date defended/completed | 2012-08-29 |
| Date submitted | 2012-11-28 |
| Date approved | 2012-11-29 |
| Restricted until | 2012-11-29 |
| Date published | 2012-11-29 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | McKenna, Teresa |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Sánchez, George J. Moore, Granville Alexander |
| Abstract | This dissertation argues that for some Chicano and Chicana artists and activists living and working in Los Angeles during the late twentieth and early twenty-first century, what it meant to “be” Chicano or Chicana was increasingly mediated by a globalized and more inclusive conception of cultural identity that actively challenged and deliberately moved away from previous and oftentimes nationalistic models. As such, some examples of the cultural work produced by Chicanos and Chicanas, some of the Chicano discourse surrounding their cultural productions, and Chicano politics in general suggests that Chicano and Chicana artists and activists began to openly express a more inclusive and globally mediated concept of cultural identity. As in the past, Chicano cultural productions both responded to and were reflections of Chicano and Chicana perceptions of themselves at home while simultaneously finding solidarity and influence from populations abroad. This dissertation illustrate some novel approaches and examples Chicanos and Chicanas were invested in projecting a revamped globalized Chicanismo outside the context of the United States in an attempt to locate, reconcile, and assess what I see as instances of Chicano globalizations. I examine the production and dissemination of films such as Boulevard Nights (Warner Bros. 1979), Real Women Have Curves (HBO-Newmarket, 2002), the politics of the artist and activist collective “The Eastside Café,” and the music of underground Los Angeles rock bands such as Aztlán Underground, Rage Against the Machine, Quetzal, Slowrider, and the spoken word of Rocco from Mexico City’s Maldita Vecindad y los Hijos del Quinto Patio. I put these texts in conversation with the work of scholars such as Gloria Anzaldúa, the satiric work of the Theatre Troup Culture Clash, the prose of Rubén Martinez, and the visual art of fine artists such as Mario Ibarra Jr., and graffiti artists such as Nuke. This dissertation shows how Chicanos have been actively engaging and collaborating with other groups outside the US through the production and reception of popular culture. The circumstances surrounding these works also provides examples of what I find to be, to borrow from George Lipsitz, “Chicano Moments of Danger” that challenge both essentialized notions of Chicana and Chicano identity and state-centered narratives of identity formation. |
| Keyword | Chicano; Chican@; Chicana; Chicano popular culture; Chicano identity; popular culture; globalization; music; film; Boulevard nights (Warner Bros.; 1979); Real women have curves (HBO; New Market; 2002); race; gender |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Rights | Rodríguez, Luís Carlos |
| Access conditions | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@usc.edu |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume6/etd-RodrguezLu-1367.pdf |
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| Full text | FROM CHICANO THERAPY TO GLOBARRIOLOGY: CHICAN@ POPULAR CULTURE AND IDENTITY IN LATE 20TH AND EARLY 21ST CENTURY LOS ANGELES By Luís Carlos Rodríguez ____________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (AMERICAN STUDIES AND ETHNICITY) December 2012 Copyright 2012 Luis Carlos Rodriguez |
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