Born in Corpus Christi, Texas. The world is introduced to Selena Quintanilla. The Queen of Tex-Mex (Tejano music). With her band, she began to dominate a genre full of men, winning numerous awards in her lifetime. She began her career as a child with her siblings with their father as a mentor. The longevity of her impact after death is outstanding. Although, I wish she was still presently with us. Stuart Hall mentions that “identity is constituted not outside but within representation”. Where he invites us to have “new kinds of subjects … enabl[ing] us to discover who we are”. Selena being chicana and a talented, humble artist recognized both the U.S. and Mexico was real. Listening to her on the radio or seeing her on tv proved that Latinas are can be seen, heard, and capable of living out their dreams. It was becoming clear that we wouldn’t always be portrayed as submissive, domestic, and undervalued. Selena was love and shared that through her art in music and work with fashion or helping the community.
