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Interviews with cholas and two or three vatos, Sunday afternoon at a young people’s dance club, August 18, 1985; Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico.

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Title

Interviews with cholas and two or three vatos, Sunday afternoon at a young people’s dance club, August 18, 1985; Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico.

Description

This compilation of interviews was taken in a dance club in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico and features several people. The interviewer asks men and women in the club what barrio they belong to, how they became part of it, and whether they had to fight another member of the barrio to obtain membership. Different people in the club mention gangs from Chihuahua, Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico and California gangs. Multiple interviewees explain that not all barrios and not all cholos fight, and that many are calmer, but they are still stereotyped by non-cholos. Other interviewees, including women, describe fights they have been in with other barrios, and discuss some of the customs associated with fighting.

Creator

Cummings, Laura (Laura Lee)

Source

Dr. Laura Lee Cummings Pachuco/Caló Oral History Project Collection (MS 592). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries.

Publisher

University of Arizona Libraries

Date

1985-08-18

Rights

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Relation

Interviews with Cholas and Vatos in Aviary

Format

mp3

Language

Pachuco, Spanish

Type

sound recording - nonmusical

Identifier

MS592.07

azu_ms592_tape07

Sound Item Type Metadata

Original Format

audiocassette

Duration

30 minutes

Citation

Cummings, Laura (Laura Lee) , “Interviews with cholas and two or three vatos, Sunday afternoon at a young people’s dance club, August 18, 1985; Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico.,” Special Collections Online Exhibits, accessed January 28, 2026, https://exhibits.lib.arizona.edu/items/show/1591.