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2021-04-16T16:09:11.000Z
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Video Title:
Selena: Crossing Over Cultural Boundaries | Verónica A. Méndez and Mireya Loza
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Selena Quintanilla was a pioneering performer who started as a young girl within the Tejano music scene and eventually moved into several genres of Spanish-language music and crossed over into mainstream English-language music in the United States. This video explores her legacy, across the United States and through the Smithsonian collections. Verónica A. Méndez is a curator in the Division of Military and Political History at the National Museum of American History; Mireya Loza is a curator of the Girlhood (It’s complicated!) exhibition at the National Museum of American History, and an associate professor in the Department of History at Georgetown University. Selena Quintanilla fue una artista musical pionera. Comenzó muy joven en la escena musical Tejana y eventualmente interpretó una variedad de géneros musicales en lengua española y luego en inglés. Este video explora el legado de Selana en todo Estados Unidos y destaca las colecciones del Smithsonian. Verónica A. Méndez es curadora en la División de Historia Militar y Política del Museo Nacional de Historia Americana y Mireya Loza es curadora de la exhibición Ser chica (¡es complicado!) en el Museo Nacional de Historia Americana y profesora asociada en el Departamento de Historia de la Universidad Georgetown. Explore our Smithsonian collections and learn more about Selena using this learning lab: https://learninglab.si.edu/collections/selena-learning-lab/vu0UwijeQ2mgaqxd How Do We Remember Selena? Check out this blog post featuring three women from our museum sharing why her legacy matters: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-american-history/2021/04/15/memories-of-selena/ How an Advertising Photographer Created Some of the Most Iconic Images of Selena: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-american-history/2021/04/13/rendon-remembers-selena/ #BecauseOfHerStory #Selena
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4 min 44 sec
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