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From: Thomas J. McGuire <tmcguire@covad.net><br>
To: ecomujeres@aol.com<br>
Sent: Tue, Jul 27, 2010 8:00 pm<br>
Subject: For grupiteros: Critiques of Fuentes/Chac Mool<br>
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<div><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">I left the last tertulia wanting to
know more abt Chac Mool y Fuentes. Since then, I've read a few critiques of that
story and of Fuentes en general, that some grupiteros might like to read.
If you distribute this note, I'll send the files to whoever is
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<div><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">Sidebar:</font></div>
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<div><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">This morning I was talking with my
pal Guillermo (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.galindog.com/">http://www.galindog.com/</a>),
un avantgarde musician, nacio en el DF, de ~40 anos. I felt exasperated or
confused with all the attention paid to ancient deities o símbolos en la
literatura latinoamericana. I doubted that contemporary mexicanos cared abt all
that stuff. I wondered, “Do you guys <really> pay attention to those old
stories?”</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000ff"><font size="2">First off, I knew
Guillermo <did> pay attention to those roots, due to his use of tradition
in his music. Then he recalled a recent visit to Mexico City, where from his
hotel window he could see ancient pyramids next to modern rascacielos, He saw
Chac Mool statues en el subway, and noticed that the curriculum in
the schools his nieces attended emphasized those tradiciones. He
said he had adapted Chac Mool to a video when he was an art
student.<span class="921125402-28072010"> Whether the typical meixicano emphasizes
those roots . . . </span></font></font></font></div>
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<div><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">So . .. do most Mexicanos pay
attention their roots? I don't know. Certainly in some lugares, indigenous
lenguages y traiciones prevail.</font></div>
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<div><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">tm</font></div>
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