| Description |
1 online resource (159 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Querencias
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Querencias.
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| Summary |
In Boyle Heights, gateway to East Los Angeles, sits the 1889 landmark "Hotel Mariachi," where musicians have lived and gathered on the adjacent plaza for more than half a century. This book is a photographic and ethnographic study of the mariachis, Mariachi Plaza de Los Angeles, and the neighborhood. The newly restored brick hotel embodies a triumphant struggle of preservation against all odds, and its origins open a portal into the Mexican pueblo's centuries-old multiethnic past. Miguel Gandert's compelling black-and-white images document the hotel and the vibrant mariachi community of the. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-104) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Evangeline Ordaz-Molina -- Pobladores to mariachis : a personal journey / Catherine López Kurland -- A paean to Santa Cecilia, her fiesta, and her mariachis / Enrique R. Lamadrid. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English and Spanish. |
| Subject |
Boyle Hotel (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Pictorial works.
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Boyle Hotel (Los Angeles, Calif.) |
| Genre/Form |
Pictorial works.
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| Subject |
Musik. |
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Stadtgestaltung. |
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Kulturerbe. |
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Los Angeles, Calif. |
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Electronic books.
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Illustrated works.
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Illustrated works.
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| Added Author |
Lamadrid, Enrique R.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kurland, Catherine L. Hotel Mariachi : Urban Space and Cultural Heritage in Los Angeles. Albuquerque, NM : University of New Mexico Press, ©2013 9780826353726 |
| ISBN |
9780826353726 |
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082635372X |
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9780826353733 (electronic book) |
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0826353738 (electronic book) |
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