Final Critical Review

The Quebradita Dance Craze

In Simonett's article about the quebradita, the author focuses mainly on the dancing associated with banda music during the 1990s. The dance was a controversial subject, as was every new teenage dance craze, for its sexual movements. What made quebradita in the United States unique was the style that dancers, specifically Mexicans, adopted when going out to dance (or even for everyday life). The quebradita followers often wear objects hanging off their belts that indicate from which province they hail, an interesting difference from Mexican quebradita dancers who don't do so.

What are other examples of diasporic communities that represent their cultural differences to one another through their subcultural capital? How is the quebradita represented differently in California and in Mexico?