Diana Motta Morales- Core Response #5

        Selena was a worldwide phenomenon and an icon to the latino community. She opened doors and created a sense of reality, she made the American dream attainable. Aparicio in “Rethinking Latinidad in Media and Popular Culture” highlights the insane impact Selena's death had on not just the latino community but America as well. As Aparicio shares his experience when watching Selena for the first time it brought back memories of the first time I saw Selena. Watching this movie very young was life-changing, everyone knew who Selena was and seeing her story be portrayed in Hollywood was big. 

Aparicio emphasizes the importance of duality, sexuality and the good daughter look. He claims that the coexistence of both ignites a “patriarchal discourse that, through processes of racialization and erotization, objectify Latinas’ bodies (pg 98). I can definitely agree with this quote, growing up in a latino community young girls’s bodies were sexualized at an early age to determine how they were going to be judged growing up. Selena definitely plays a role in that, wearing revealing costumes but also staying true to herself. Which is something that non-latinos cannot see, her body wasn't the main show, it was her, her voice, personality, and vibe. 

Though I love Selena, from her music to her style she has ingrained herself to my identity in a way. However, I find it very interesting that Selena is the face of the latino community, someone who is an iconic figure but she can barely speak Spanish. Selena was notorious for botching up Spanish phrases, inability to fluently count in Spanish and had trouble identifying between gendered wording. Regardless, I still believe she is the most deserving person to be held at such a high title in the latino community. 

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