The reception of the Day of the Dead and Frida Kahlo and their reincarnations in the United Kingdom (2015-2020): a question of cultural degeneration or rejuvenation (again!)?
The reception of the Day of the Dead and Frida Kahlo and their reincarnations in the United Kingdom (2015-2020): a question of cultural degeneration or rejuvenation (again!)?
Día de Muertos, its (mis)appropriation and ‘halloweenization’, is an underexplored area in the context of recent (non-)British cultural production examples and the reception and consumption of this phenomenon in the UK (2015–2020). Appadurian mediascapes (Coco [2017], [online] media, Strictly Come Dancing [2004–]) and retailers reinforce halloweenized understandings of this Mexican practice, whilst awareness of Día is propelled by local community events. The 2018 Frida Kahlo Victoria and Albert Museum’s exhibition conflates Día with the similarly deterritorialized (García Canclini), halloweenized artist. The co-optation of Kahlo/Día as globalized reincarnations provoke opposing responses, from appropriation as either denigrative or culturally/economically beneficial.
Día de muertos and Kahlo in the UK, Coco, media, Strictly Come Dancing, V&A, community events, (mis)appropriation, Halloween, hybridization, mediascapes, deterritorialization, cosificación, “authenticity”, performativity
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Lavery, Jane
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April 2021
Lavery, Jane
d050c560-2005-4f27-bb70-c79f12f39e93
Lavery, Jane
(2021)
The reception of the Day of the Dead and Frida Kahlo and their reincarnations in the United Kingdom (2015-2020): a question of cultural degeneration or rejuvenation (again!)?
Bulletin of Spanish Visual Studies, 5 (1), .
(doi:10.1080/24741604.2021.1890432).
Abstract
Día de Muertos, its (mis)appropriation and ‘halloweenization’, is an underexplored area in the context of recent (non-)British cultural production examples and the reception and consumption of this phenomenon in the UK (2015–2020). Appadurian mediascapes (Coco [2017], [online] media, Strictly Come Dancing [2004–]) and retailers reinforce halloweenized understandings of this Mexican practice, whilst awareness of Día is propelled by local community events. The 2018 Frida Kahlo Victoria and Albert Museum’s exhibition conflates Día with the similarly deterritorialized (García Canclini), halloweenized artist. The co-optation of Kahlo/Día as globalized reincarnations provoke opposing responses, from appropriation as either denigrative or culturally/economically beneficial.
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Submitted date: 6 November 2020
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Published date: April 2021
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Día de muertos and Kahlo in the UK, Coco, media, Strictly Come Dancing, V&A, community events, (mis)appropriation, Halloween, hybridization, mediascapes, deterritorialization, cosificación, “authenticity”, performativity
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