Dissonant divas in Chicana music: the limits of la onda

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Contents Introduction: Music, Mejicanas, and the Chicano Wave 1. Forgetting the Alamo, Remembering Rosita Fernandez 2. Borders, Bullets, Besos: The Boleros of Chelo Silva 3. TexMex Conjunto Accordion Masculinity: The Queer Discord of Eva Ybarra and Ventura Alonzo 4. Sonido de Las Americas: Crossing South-South Borders with Eva Garza 5. Giving Us That Brown Soul: Selena's Departures and Arrivals Epilogue: The Borderlands Rock Reverb of Gloria Rios and Girl in a Coma Acknowledgments Notes Permissions Index