Martha Gonzalez

Through personal, professional and community reflection, Professor Gonzalez discusses how capitalism arranges the social relations of music and how Chicana ARtivista communities in East LA are challenging this arrangement through various social technologies.

Gonzalez’s academic interest in music has been fueled by her own musicianship as a singer and percussionist for East L.A’s Quetzal, a group that has had considerable impact in the Los Angeles Chicano music scene. The unique blend of East Los Angeles sounds as well as the social justice content in the work has sparked dialogue and theoretical work among various artist communities, culture theorists, and scholars across the U.S., Mexico, and Japan.

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