http://chimatli.org/blog/?p=169 Corazon Normal Sat, 04 Sep 2010 06:02:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://chimatli.org/blog/?p=169&cpage=1#comment-3605 soledadenmasa Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:16:45 +0000 http://chimatli.org/blog/?p=169#comment-3605 It was on Anzaldúa, so tejano music and "Mexico-Americano" fit in perfectly with the presentation. I was happy to find <I>Chulas fronteras</I> on YouTube because my presentation was in front of an English-speaking majority, and the subtitles saved me from having to translate the song and have my words take away from the song. It was on Anzaldúa, so tejano music and “Mexico-Americano” fit in perfectly with the presentation. I was happy to find Chulas fronteras on YouTube because my presentation was in front of an English-speaking majority, and the subtitles saved me from having to translate the song and have my words take away from the song.

]]> http://chimatli.org/blog/?p=169&cpage=1#comment-3599 Chimatli Wed, 06 Aug 2008 06:42:31 +0000 http://chimatli.org/blog/?p=169#comment-3599 Thanks Soledad for the comment! I know what you mean about wanting to visit South Texas, it was my initial reaction too! I get these wild cravings for the Southwest, my maternal grandmother's family is from Sonora, Arizona and New Mexico and even though I've just become acquainted with those areas, I feel when I go there it's almost like home. I forgot to mention in the post that the video is from the 70s. The film has that added nostalgic factor for me because I have good memories of being a kid in the 70s and all the music I was exposed to during my youth. I'd love to hear more about your presentation one of these days! Thanks Soledad for the comment! I know what you mean about wanting to visit South Texas, it was my initial reaction too! I get these wild cravings for the Southwest, my maternal grandmother’s family is from Sonora, Arizona and New Mexico and even though I’ve just become acquainted with those areas, I feel when I go there it’s almost like home.
I forgot to mention in the post that the video is from the 70s. The film has that added nostalgic factor for me because I have good memories of being a kid in the 70s and all the music I was exposed to during my youth.
I’d love to hear more about your presentation one of these days!

]]> http://chimatli.org/blog/?p=169&cpage=1#comment-3596 soledadenmasa Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:05:49 +0000 http://chimatli.org/blog/?p=169#comment-3596 <I>Chulas fronteras</I>is my favorite film and a very strong one, too. Even though it's short, in that one hour it shows the many differences in Tejano/Chicano at the time, with Los Alegres de Terán representing the older style, Flaco is a newer style that remains traditional but was also accepted by Anglos in Tejas, Diddy Fuentes signing corridos in both Spanish and English, and Little Joe's complex, R&B/rock influenced arrangements. I used the movie (specifically, the last song, "Mexico-Americano") in a presentation and my professor loved that I had used the film. After watching <I>Chulas fronteras</I>, I now want to spend the next summer in South Texas or out in Kansas, doing the same thing Alan Lomax and Les Blank did. Chulas fronterasis my favorite film and a very strong one, too. Even though it’s short, in that one hour it shows the many differences in Tejano/Chicano at the time, with Los Alegres de Terán representing the older style, Flaco is a newer style that remains traditional but was also accepted by Anglos in Tejas, Diddy Fuentes signing corridos in both Spanish and English, and Little Joe’s complex, R&B/rock influenced arrangements. I used the movie (specifically, the last song, “Mexico-Americano”) in a presentation and my professor loved that I had used the film. After watching Chulas fronteras, I now want to spend the next summer in South Texas or out in Kansas, doing the same thing Alan Lomax and Les Blank did.

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