Olga Nájera‐ramírez
Biographic Data
| ID | 109863 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Olga Nájera‐ramírez |
| GIVEN NAMES | Olga |
| FAMILY NAME | Nájera‐ramírez |
| SIGNATURE | RAMIREZ O N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Santa Cruz |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Choreographing Mexico: Festive Performance and Dancing Histories of a Nation
Manuel R. Cuellar's book is a welcome addition to the scholarly study of Mexican folklórico dance, a field of study that had long been ignored as a legitimate topic worthy of serious attention. It was not until the late 1980s that scholarly publications (mostly in Spanish) emerged to provide more insight into the complex history and significance of this dance form in Mexico and in the United States.The depth of Cuellar's research is impressive. D…
Unruly Passions: Poetics, Performance, and Gender in the Ranchera Song
Encaminándonos: Américo Paredes as a Guiding Force in Transcending Borders
Research Article| January 01 2012 Encaminándonos: Américo Paredes as a Guiding Force in Transcending Borders Olga Nájera-Ramírez Olga Nájera-Ramírez Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of American Folklore (2012) 125 (495): 69–90. https://doi.org/10.5406/jamerfolk.125.495.0069 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Olga Nájera-Ramírez; Encaminándonos: Américo Paredes as a Guiding Fo…
Of Fieldwork, Folklore, and Festival: Personal Encounters
Drawing on folklorist Américo Paredes's insights on the ethnographic encounter, this article examines the role of personal experience in the fieldwork process. In particular, I provide a personal account of how my identity shaped my interactions in the field and how these ethnographic encounters in turn shaped my approach to, and understanding of, a specific festival
Border Visions: Mexican Cultures of the Southwest United States:Border Visions: Mexican Cultures of the Southwest United States
Border Visions: Mexican Cultures of the Southwest United States
Border Visions: Mexican Cultures of the Southwest United States. Carlos Vélez-Ib ́ñez. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1996. 360 pp
The Racialization of a Debate: TheCharreada asTradition or Torture
SThis essay examines the debate concerning the treatment of animals in the charreada, or Mexican rodeo. Focusing on the language used in reporting the event, the author demonstrates how this debate has become racialized in the English-language media because of the tendency to identify the issue of animal abuse in rodeos as an exclusively Mexican practice
Engendering Nationalism: Identity, Discourse, and the Mexican Charro
I argue that the charro, or Mexican cowboy, operates as a master symbol of lo mexicano on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. By tracing the evolution of the charro as a product of various social technologies, such as cinema, institutionalized discourses, and practices of daily life, I analyze how notions of gender, nation, and class intersect in el charro. In so doing, I consider questions of agency, authority, ideology, and process in cultura…
Southern Arizona Folk Arts
Engendering Nationalism: Identity, Discourse, and the Mexican Charro
I argue that the charro, or Mexican cowboy, operates as a master symbol of lo mexicano on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. By tracing the evolution of the charro as a product of various social technologies, such as cinema, institutionalized discourses, and practices of daily life, I analyze how notions of gender, nation, and class intersect in el charro. In so doing, I consider questions of agency, authority, ideology, and process in cultura…
The Racialization of a Debate: TheCharreada asTradition or Torture
SThis essay examines the debate concerning the treatment of animals in the charreada, or Mexican rodeo. Focusing on the language used in reporting the event, the author demonstrates how this debate has become racialized in the English-language media because of the tendency to identify the issue of animal abuse in rodeos as an exclusively Mexican practice
Of Fieldwork, Folklore, and Festival: Personal Encounters
Drawing on folklorist Américo Paredes's insights on the ethnographic encounter, this article examines the role of personal experience in the fieldwork process. In particular, I provide a personal account of how my identity shaped my interactions in the field and how these ethnographic encounters in turn shaped my approach to, and understanding of, a specific festival
Encaminándonos: Américo Paredes as a Guiding Force in Transcending Borders
Research Article| January 01 2012 Encaminándonos: Américo Paredes as a Guiding Force in Transcending Borders Olga Nájera-Ramírez Olga Nájera-Ramírez Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of American Folklore (2012) 125 (495): 69–90. https://doi.org/10.5406/jamerfolk.125.495.0069 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Olga Nájera-Ramírez; Encaminándonos: Américo Paredes as a Guiding Fo…
Border Visions: Mexican Cultures of the Southwest United States
Border Visions: Mexican Cultures of the Southwest United States. Carlos Vélez-Ib ́ñez. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1996. 360 pp
Southern Arizona Folk Arts
Engendering Nationalism: Identity, Discourse, and the Mexican Charro
I argue that the charro, or Mexican cowboy, operates as a master symbol of lo mexicano on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. By tracing the evolution of the charro as a product of various social technologies, such as cinema, institutionalized discourses, and practices of daily life, I analyze how notions of gender, nation, and class intersect in el charro. In so doing, I consider questions of agency, authority, ideology, and process in cultura…
The Racialization of a Debate: TheCharreada asTradition or Torture
SThis essay examines the debate concerning the treatment of animals in the charreada, or Mexican rodeo. Focusing on the language used in reporting the event, the author demonstrates how this debate has become racialized in the English-language media because of the tendency to identify the issue of animal abuse in rodeos as an exclusively Mexican practice
Border Visions: Mexican Cultures of the Southwest United States:Border Visions: Mexican Cultures of the Southwest United States
Border Visions: Mexican Cultures of the Southwest United States
Border Visions: Mexican Cultures of the Southwest United States. Carlos Vélez-Ib ́ñez. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1996. 360 pp
Of Fieldwork, Folklore, and Festival: Personal Encounters
Drawing on folklorist Américo Paredes's insights on the ethnographic encounter, this article examines the role of personal experience in the fieldwork process. In particular, I provide a personal account of how my identity shaped my interactions in the field and how these ethnographic encounters in turn shaped my approach to, and understanding of, a specific festival
Encaminándonos: Américo Paredes as a Guiding Force in Transcending Borders
Research Article| January 01 2012 Encaminándonos: Américo Paredes as a Guiding Force in Transcending Borders Olga Nájera-Ramírez Olga Nájera-Ramírez Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of American Folklore (2012) 125 (495): 69–90. https://doi.org/10.5406/jamerfolk.125.495.0069 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Olga Nájera-Ramírez; Encaminándonos: Américo Paredes as a Guiding Fo…
Unruly Passions: Poetics, Performance, and Gender in the Ranchera Song
Choreographing Mexico: Festive Performance and Dancing Histories of a Nation
Manuel R. Cuellar's book is a welcome addition to the scholarly study of Mexican folklórico dance, a field of study that had long been ignored as a legitimate topic worthy of serious attention. It was not until the late 1980s that scholarly publications (mostly in Spanish) emerged to provide more insight into the complex history and significance of this dance form in Mexico and in the United States.The depth of Cuellar's research is impressive. D…
Art (6 works) · History (6 works) · Latin American and Latino Studies (6 works) · Sociology (5 works) · History (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · Visual arts (3 works) · Archaeology and Natural History (2 works)