SPAN 160D1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Soldaderas, Class Conflict
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Popular culture: created by the working class from class struggle. According to stuart hall"s 3rd definition of popular culture. People in impoverished neighborhoods, sometimes do not know anything other than their way of living no desire to live in a better place (all they"ve ever known) Impoverished people can create popular culture because they can express class struggle. Adelitas" or soldaderas" were the women that fought with men in the mexican. Men began sexualizing adelitas in photos and drawings in order to not lose power to the women/adelitas. Refers back to the geography of a woman location of her body: like water for chocolate . Popular culture is created by the working class to express class struggle. The mexican revolution led to the separation of classes. Adelitas or soldaderas were women that fought alongside or in lead of men in the.