Refried Elvis : the rise of the Mexican counterculture / Eric Zolov.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zolov, Eric.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Youth movements--Mexico--Mexico City--History--20th century.

Youth movements.

Rock music--Mexico--History and criticism.

Rock music.

Music--Social aspects--Mexico--History--20th century.

Music.

Politics and culture--Mexico--History--20th century.

Politics and culture.

Social values--Mexico--History--20th century.

Social values.

Nationalism--Mexico--History--20th century.

Nationalism.

Mexico--Civilization--20th century.

Mexico.

Mexico--Politics and government--1946-1970.

Mexico--Politics and government--1970-1988.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (365 p.)

Other Title:

Rise of the Mexican counterculture

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This powerful study shows how America's biggest export, rock and roll, became a major influence in Mexican politics, society, and culture. From the arrival of Elvis in Mexico during the 1950's to the emergence of a full-blown counterculture movement by the late 1960's, Eric Zolov uses rock and roll to illuminate Mexican history through these charged decades and into the 1970's. This fascinating narrative traces the rechanneling of youth energies away from political protest in the wake of the 1968 student movement and into counterculture rebellion, known as La Onda (The Wave). Refried Elvis accounts for the events of 1968 and their aftermath by revealing a mounting crisis of patriarchal values, linked both to the experience of modernization during the 1950's and 1960's and to the limits of cultural nationalism as promoted by a one-party state. Through an engrossing analysis of music and film, as well as fanzines, newspapers, government documents, company reports, and numerous interviews, Zolov shows how rock music culture became a volatile commodity force, whose production and consumption strategies were shaped by intellectuals, state agencies, transnational and local capital, musicians, and fans alike. More than a history of Mexican rock and roll, Zolov's study demonstrates the politicized nature of culture under authoritarianism, and offers a nuanced discussion of the effects of cultural imperialism that deepens our understanding of gender relations, social hierarchies, and the very meanings of national identity in a transnational era.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Rebeldismo in the Revolutionary Family

2. Containing the Rock Gesture

3. La Onda

4. La Onda in the Wake of TlateIolco

5. La Onda Chicana

6. The Avrindaro Rock Festival

7. A Critique of the - "Obvious Imperialist"

Conclusions

Notes

Bibliography

Permission Credits

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781283646307

1283646307

9780520921504

052092150X

9780585079493

0585079498

OCLC:

815667346