"Think Globally, But Better to Act Elvisly": Elvis and El Vez

This essay, which deals with the music of Robert Lopez, a.k.a. El Vez, the 'Mexican Elvis,' considers the artistic strategy of impersonation and of signifyin' in the context of what Deleuze and Guattari have called 'minor art.' El Vez's poetics, which are based on a spe...

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Published in:Amerikastudien 2001-01, Vol.46 (3), p.429-442
Main Author: Berressem, Hanjo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
American culture
Barrios
Geographic regions
Hispanics
Musical aesthetics
Poetry
Postmodern art
Postmodern music
Signifyin
Writing revision
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Summary:This essay, which deals with the music of Robert Lopez, a.k.a. El Vez, the 'Mexican Elvis,' considers the artistic strategy of impersonation and of signifyin' in the context of what Deleuze and Guattari have called 'minor art.' El Vez's poetics, which are based on a specifically postmodern 'pleasure of influence,' allow for the treatment of often traumatic experiences from the position of an—as Lopez calls himself —'original hybrid.'
ISSN:0340-2827