| Confessions of a Radical Chicano Doo-Wop Singer: Volume 51 Contributor(s): Guevara, Rubén Funkahuatl (Author), Kun, Josh (Introduction by), Lipsitz, George (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0520297237 ISBN-13: 9780520297234 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $29.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Hispanic American Studies - Music | Genres & Styles - Latin - History | Modern - 20th Century |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2017049896 |
| Series: American Crossroads |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.9" W x 9" (1.15 lbs) 376 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A pioneer of Chicano rock, Rubén Funkahuatl Guevara performed with Frank Zappa, Johnny Otis, Bo Diddley, Tina Turner, and Celia Cruz, though he is best known as the front man of the 1970s experimental rock band Ruben And The Jets. Here he recounts how his youthful experiences in the barrio La Veinte of Santa Monica in the 1940s prepared him for early success in music and how his triumphs and seductive brushes with stardom were met with tragedy and crushing disappointments. Brutally honest and open, Confessions of a Radical Chicano Doo-Wop Singer is an often hilarious and self-critical look inside the struggle of becoming an artist and a man. Recognizing racial identity as composite, contested, and complex, Guevara--an American artist of Mexican descent--embraces a Chicano identity of his own design, calling himself a Chicano "culture sculptor" who has worked to transform the aspirations, alienations, and indignities of the Mexican American people into an aesthetic experience that could point the way to liberation. |