Brujeria and the U.S.-Mexico Border Outlaw

This paper investigates the death metal band Brujeria, their use of both traditional and contemporary outlaw imagery, and their connection to the narcocorrido, in order to examine the tenacity of the outlaw paradigm as an expression of resistance by subordinate groups in situations of social inequal...

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Main Author:	Rachel Conover
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Göttingen University Press 2007-12-01
Series:	American Studies Journal
Subjects:	U.S. United States America Mexico gloobalization border culture music death metal movies outlaws
Online Access:	http://www.asjournal.org/archive/50/95.html

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title	Brujeria and the U.S.-Mexico Border Outlaw
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description	This paper investigates the death metal band Brujeria, their use of both traditional and contemporary outlaw imagery, and their connection to the narcocorrido, in order to examine the tenacity of the outlaw paradigm as an expression of resistance by subordinate groups in situations of social inequality. It deals with the contemporary figure of the outlaw in connection to the U.S.-Mexico border region, as influenced by outlaw traditions in the area, and as an expression of specific contemporary historical circumstances of that region, including Mexican economic crisis, globalization, and border conflicts surrounding immigration, drug trafficking, and labor.
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Brujeria and the U.S.-Mexico Border Outlaw

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