California State University, Northridge
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, NORTHRIDGE THE SPATIAL PRACTICES OF SOUL REBEL RADIO IN LOS ANGELES’ THIRD WORLD LEFT A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements For the degree of Master of Arts Chicano and Chicana Studies By Miguel Paredes August 2012 The thesis of Miguel Paredes is approved: _________________________ ______________________ Professor Yreina D. Cervántez Date _________________________ ______________________ Dr. Gabriel Gutierrez Date _________________________ _______________________ Dr. David Rodriguez, Chair Date ii Dedication To the young people in Los Angeles, to the working class communities in the Third World Left throughout Southern California especially Elysian Valley aka “Frogtown” in Northeast LA, to the over 50 members of the Soul Rebel Radio collective especially the founding members Eduardo, Laura, Javier, Jose, Tito, Teresa, Hasmik, Jorge, XL, Travis, Oriel, and Lex, to the KPFK staff and audience, to the staff of the CSUN Chican@ Studies Department especially Dr. Rudy Acuña, Dr. Alberto Garcia, Harry Gamboa, Fermin Herrera, Dr. Mary Pardo, Dr. Gabriel Gutierrez, Yreina D. Cervántez, Dr. Jorge Garcia, Ruben Mendoza, and posthumously dedicated to Roberto Sifuentes , Dr. Shirlene Soto, and “Toppy” Flores. To my family especially my mother Lucila Paredes, my father Miguel Paredes Sr., my brother Adrian Paredes, my sister Gabriela Paredes and her daughter Dahlila and son Ivan, my brother Daniel Paredes, and his son Diego, to my best friends Mike and Guzman, to my godchildren Juliette, Justin, Isaac, Elia, and Ehecatl, and to the Fe@s including Pascual, Mixpe, and Chris, but particularly to Ixya Herrera for giving me the motivation and support to complete my Master’s Degree in Chican@ Studies.
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