Word: mexicanization
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...title. A true cultural critic, Raeburn folds interviews, deep research and travel into an essay form that uses the little comix as a lens to examine everything from Latin-American history to the different uses of irony across cultures. In particular Raeburn uses the historietas to get at the Mexican way of life. For example, though sold openly on every street corner, these "ghetto libretti" are technically illegal, defying Mexico's obscenity laws. This way the government can be seen as opposed to them while still letting people make money. It works out well...
...controversy," he says. "It's a universal story, one that repeats itself all the time, in every culture, every religion." Gottlieb is certain, too, that Bernal is an actor on the brink of international stardom, and he wanted to be associated with a revitalized Mexican film industry...
...worker advocacy groups, those who actually have workers’ interests at heart. Already the WRC has made significant gains, for example at the Kukdong factory in Puebla, Mexico; the WRC there gained recognition from Nike for an independent worker-organized union, the first of its kind in a Mexican textile factory. The WRC worked with Nike to keep the factory open and to improve working conditions, contrary to fears that an organization such as the WRC would cause companies to shut down factories and pull out of countries to avoid making changes...
Joining Jayaraman were Marisa J. Demeo, the regional counsel of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund’s Washington office, and Laura Randolph Lancaster, the former managing editor of Ebony and co-author of three national bestsellers with Patti LaBelle...
...friend Julia and I leave the table at the Mexican restaurant, say goodbye to a group of teenagers and their illicit margaritas, and dash off down the street. It’s a Friday in June in New York City, and we have somewhere to be by midnight...