Los Tigres del Norte

narcocorrido, “La Reina Del Sur” by Los Tigres Del Norte, is considered an anthem towards the empowerment of females among the narcoculture. A narcocorrido is a song-style under the regional Mexican music genre that narrates a story related to the drug business (Beezley 11). In a music industry that tends to narrate and honor men’s experiences, Los Tigres Del Norte sing a narcocorrido to celebrate a different character: Teresa Mendoza, a female drug leader. Unfortunately, the music video fails to fully honor a female drug leaders and reinforces Mulvey’s Male Gaze concept. Mulvey argues that Male Gaze occurs when an image is constructed in a way that objectifies women in order to please…

the narcocorrido, “La Reina Del Sur” by Los Tigres Del Norte, is considered an anthem towards the empowerment of females among the narcoculture. A narcocorrido is a song-style under the regional Mexican music genre that narrates a story related to the drug business (Beezley 11). In a music industry that tends to narrate and honor men’s experiences, Los Tigres Del Norte sing a narcocorrido to celebrate a different character: Teresa Mendoza, a female drug leader. Unfortunately, the music video…

Los Tigres Del Norte is a nortena band that were discovered in 1968 in San Jose, California. Ever since then, and still today they have performed all over the world and have performed in various events. They are mostly known for their music. Their music can be about love, or a special lesson given to someone, or even just for fun. Los Tigres Del Norte are also known for putting out a good show. They all dress the same when they perform. it is something cultural within their group. However, every…

The Klamath River Basin has been fraught environmental resource management issues that have been both highly politicized and publicized in the American West. The problems of water allocation in this region have been the result of conflicting interests between fishermen, tribes, wildlife, and farmers, which rely on scarce water resources for their livelihoods. Doremus and Tarlock(2008) refer to the Klamath Basin as a “problemshed” because its social and ecological problems pervade all of its…

educate a idea to the people that whose actions attributed the experiences. Moreover, Faber and Sherry in the Yosso text Claim counter stories distort “truth”. Here, critical race critics profess to know the “truth” and ostensibly judge when some one else distorts it. Counter stories as tools that reveal perspectives long silenced. The counter stories are now a representation of events and it meant to interpret the emotional of the experienced. So if someone translate a uniquely way by the…

In the revision “the lyrics were changed to reflect the political rivalry battle between Venustiano Carranza and the troops of Zapata and Villa (Ilich 2017).” In this instance the corrido served as a device to inform Latin Americans of the political rivalry happening during the revolution. Another example, is “Estrategias de Escape” by El Komander. This corrido tells the story about a time “El Chapo,” a mexican drug lord, escaped authorities after soldiers arrived at a party. This corrido paid…

War on drugs has been a multinational dilemma that has been occurring over 50 years. The problem that has affected many families and communities yet remains without a solution. Tangled in a vicious network of drug trafficking countries such as the U.S., Cuba, Mexico and Columbia all have been under close regulation. During the 1960’s, usage of drugs than became a common outlet to ease the tension between social and political inequality. Thereupon, the U.S. declares war on Latin America in…

Being completely honest I never had an option on being bilingual. I never had the option of weather or not to absorbing the words of those late night novelas that spilled out of my dimmely brightened living room television, or early morning songs filling the kitchen with Chayanne or Los Tigres del Norte, and I didn’t have a choice on weather I went to Catholic Sunday school where I wrote and recited dozens of prayers by memory. It was never a choice because it was part of me and my culture that…

Simultaneously, the United States benefited economically from the influx of cheap labor as it continued to industrialize during this period. The Mexican Revolution, which erupted in 1910, further fueled migration as political refugees sought asylum in the United States. Additionally, the attraction of discovery and the pursuit of fresh opportunities inspired people to travel northward. “El otro México que aqu hemos reconstructo en este suelo que ha sido territorio nacional es el esfuerzo de…