Abstract

This research dedicates attention to different examples of music and visual art that encompass contemporary San Diego-Tijuana border-integrated art. By employing a participant-observer approach with the music component and conducting plática-based interviews with all involved artists, this work underlines the vitality of the artworks’ manipulation of the U.S.-Mexico border wall and community as a driving force in the elaboration and growing influence of these projects and pieces. By analyzing how these works act as vehicles for response, light is also cast on greater matters that lie beyond the border zone: propagation of fear, anti-immigrant sentiment, and misinformed anxieties.

Project Sponsors

Latin American and Iberian Institute

Language

English

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Level of Degree

Masters

First Committee Member

Laura Elena Belmonte

Second Committee Member

Irene Vasquez

Third Committee Member

Ana R. Alonso-Minutti

Keywords

Border Art, Son Jarocho, Chicana/o Studies, Latin American Studies, Border Studies, Cultural Studies

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