Reviews for Refried Elvis: The Rise of the Mexican Counterculture

The average rating for Refried Elvis: The Rise of the Mexican Counterculture based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-11-17 00:00:00 Sheri Mizell Retried Elvis is a great historical account of Rock n Roll and it's permeation throughout Mexico. If you're a rock fan, you'll like this book. It heavily focused on the counterculture movement, which is very similar to the movement in the US, only with a more pending fear of imperialism. A good read overall.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-06-08 00:00:00 Jacqueline mager Densely detailed study of the role music played in the rise (and semi-fall after the massacre at Tlatelolco in 1968) in Mexican culture. Zolov uses a bit more academic jargon that I'd prefer--pretty clearly a "tenure" book--but if it doesn't slow you down, you'll learn a lot about the patriarchical underpinnings of Mexican politics, the Mexican counterculture's uneasy relationship with the U.S., and the crackdown against the 1968 protests.