Mestizaje av Kathy Sosa

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<span><p><span>Derived from the words </span><i>miscere</i><span> and </span><i>genus</i><span> in Latin, mestizaje refers to a mixing of the races. In the book </span><i><b>Mestizaje</b></i><span>, internationally acclaimed artist </span><b>Kathy Sosa</b><span> presents a cross-sectional view of Mexican American culture as it is practiced in the centuries-old blended culture of the Texas-Mexico borderlands. She documents and projects the effects across generations of peoples and cultures meeting, overlapping, and organically blending into something new. The richness and beauty of mestizaje come from a place where people speak Spanglish, eat Tex-Mex food, and dance to Willie Nelson and Flaco Jimenez—sometimes all at once. Sosa foretells what much of the United States has become or will be like before long.</span><br></p><p><br>The imagery and symbolism of <i>puro mestizaje</i> (total mix) figure prominently in Sosa’s work, and it is a mix unique to the b