Ringside Seat to a Revolution: An Underground Cultural History of El Paso and Juarez, 18931923,New
Ringside Seat to a Revolution: An Underground Cultural History of El Paso and Juarez, 18931923,New
Ringside Seat to a Revolution: An Underground Cultural History of El Paso and Juarez, 18931923,New

Ringside Seat to a Revolution: An Underground Cultural History of El Paso and Juarez, 18931923,New

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El Paso/Jurez served as the tinderbox of the Mexican Revolution and the tumultuous years to follow. In essays and archival photographs, David Romo tells the surreal stories at the roots of the greatest Latin American revolution: The sainted beauty queen Teresita inspires revolutionary fervor and is rumored to have blessed the first rifles of the revolutionaries; anarchists publish newspapers and hatch plots against the hated Porfirio Diaz regime; Mexican outlaw Pancho Villa eats ice cream cones and rides his Indian motorcycle happily through downtown; El Pasos gringo mayor wears silk underwear because he is afraid of Mexican lice; John Reed contributes a neverbeforepublished essay; young Mexican maids refuse to be deloused so they shut down the border and back down Pershings men in the process; vegetarian and spiritualist Francisco Madero institutes the Mexican revolutionary junta in El Paso before crossing into Jurez to his illfated presidency and assassination; and bands play Verdi while firing squads go about their deadly business. Romos work does what Mike Davis City of Quartz did for Los Angelesit presents a subversive and contrary vision of the sister cities during this crucial time for both countries.David Dorado Romo, the son of Mexican immigrants, is an essayist, historian, musician and cultural activist. Ringside Seat to a Revolution is the result of his threeyear exploration of archives detailing the cultural and political roots of the Mexican Revolution along la frontera. Romo received a degree in Judaic studies at Stanford University and has studied in Israel and Italy.

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