Deck 43: The Battle of Los Angeles

Question 1

According to Viesca, which of the following is NOT true about the Eastside scene?

A)The popularity of the Eastside scene reflects a consumer market inhabited by millions of Latina/os with a bilingual and bicultural sensibility
B)The musicians of the Eastside scene form an emergent cultural movement that speaks powerfully to present conditions
C)The Eastside scene serves as a floating site of resistance
D)The Eastside scene is mainly made up of musicians

Answer 1

The Eastside scene is mainly made up of musicians

Question 2

According to Viesca, which of the following is NOT true about the cultural identity of the Eastside music scene?

A)Musicians in the Eastside scene look to the past and to the present for cultural traditions to construct their own political and aesthetic practices of Chicana/o identity
B)The musicians affiliate with an indigenous Mexica(n)identity
C)The musicians use traditional Mexican music styles and instruments
D)These expressions of indigenous and ethnic Mexican identity are anchored in claims for a separate nation-state of Chicana/os based in the Southwest

Answer 2

These expressions of indigenous and ethnic Mexican identity are anchored in claims for a separate nation-state of Chicana/os based in the Southwest

Question 3

According to Viesca, in terms of cultural politics, the Latina/no music scene in East L.A.______.

A)Serves as a strategic site for the production and negotiation of emergent national, racial, class and gendered identities
B)Draws inspiration from Mexican immigrant culture
C)Sees a great deal of cultural hybridity with different styles of music
D)All of the above

Answer 3

All of the above

Question 4

According to Viesca, the political ideology of the Chicana/o music scene ______.

A)Draws upon previous generations of Chicano nationalism
B)Is highly masculinist
C)Is susceptible to sexism
D)Sustain a vision of gender equity and respect for different sexual orientations

Question 5

According to Viesca, the Chicana/no music scene in L.A.______.

A)Registers in precise and detailed fashion the injuries done to low wage workers and racial others by globalization and transnationalism
B)Create new social subjects, who in turn create new social imaginaries
C)Challenged the cultural and political pre- tensions of white/Anglo culture
D)All of the above

Question 6

In what ways does having a "Latin sensibility" make one deviant in the United States? How does involvement in Latin Fusion scenes enable young people to manage potential stigma associated with it?