Rubén Funkahuatl Guevara

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Confessions of a Radical Chicano Doo-Wop Singer: Volume 51Hardcover, 13 April 2018

Confessions of a Radical Chicano Doo-Wop Singer: Volume 51
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Part of Series
American Crossroads
Print Length
376 pages
Language
English
Publisher
University of California Press
Date Published
13 Apr 2018
ISBN-10
0520297229
ISBN-13
9780520297227

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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.

Product Details

Author:
Rubén Funkahuatl Guevara
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
13 April 2018
Dimensions:
23.11 x 14.99 x 2.79 cm
ISBN-10:
0520297229
ISBN-13:
9780520297227
Language:
English
Pages:
376
Weight:
635.03 gm

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