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Visual cues to Caramelo. Or, a trochemoche of Chicano-mejicano pop culture references* *Is this PowerPoint background cheesy or what?. Pedro Infante: 1940s singer, actor, and national icon. Jorge Negrete, “El Charro Cantor”. Josephine Baker in banana skirt, ca. 1925.
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Visual cues to Caramelo Or, a trochemoche of Chicano-mejicano pop culture references* *Is this PowerPoint background cheesy or what?
María Antoineta Pons, the Cubandancer and film star (career: 1940s through mid-1960s)
Mario Moreno, “Cantinflas”
Señor Wences (Wenceslao Moreno) on the Ed Sullivan Show, circa 1960 45 RPM single sleeve
Luis Jimenez, Tucson artist: two versions of Lithograph “Southwestern Pieta,” 1983-4 (depicts Popo and Ixta legend)
Isn’t it great that images of the ‘sleeping Mexican’ Are no longer so prevalent in popular culture?
. . . Or are such representations closer to home than we think?
Benito Júarez, President of Mexico Empress Carlota