The Takeaway

Alma Guillermoprieto, “How to be Mexican: A Musical Instructional Manual”

The brilliant writer (The New Yorker and The New York Review of Books) and MacArthur “Genius Award” recipient Alma Guillermoprieto visits Zócalo to explore the importance of music and song in transmitting the spirit of Mexicanness. In a fascinating multimedia lecture, Guillermoprieto uses contemporary Mexican music to illuminate evolving notions of Mexican national identity. By exploring iconic lyrics and film clips that have been considered typically Mexican–both in Mexico and abroad–Guillermoprieto examines the very idea of mexicanidad.

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