Rasquache
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Rasquache is a Spanish term, of Nahuatl origin , used by Chicanos, which originally had a negative connotation in Mexico as being an attitude that was lower class or impoverished. This definition was later reversed by the Chicano arts movement which transformed the have-not sensibility into a style, "Rasquachismo," suited to dealing with the material and professional limitations faced by artists in the movement. Rasquache art uses the most basic, simplest, quickest, and crudest means necessary to create the desired expression, in essence, creating the most from the least. The term can also be used to reference the bicultural inspiration from which these artists draw inspiration.
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