Cultural Nationalism and Ethnic Music in Latin America
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Cultural Nationalism and Ethnic Music in Latin America

  1. 224 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF
Available until 31 Dec |Learn more

Cultural Nationalism and Ethnic Music in Latin America

About this book

Music has been critical to national identity in Latin America, especially since the worldwide emphasis on nations and cultural identity that followed World War I. Unlike European countries with unified ethnic populations, Latin American nations claimed blended ethnicitiesā€”indigenous, Caucasian, African, and Asianā€”and the process of national stereotyping that began in the 1920s drew on the themes of indigenous and African cultures. Composers and performers drew on the folklore and heritage of ethnic and immigrant groups in different nations to produce what became the music representative of different countries. Mexico became the nation of mariachi bands, Argentina the land of the tango, Brazil the country of Samba, and Cuba the island of Afro-Cuban rhythms, including the rhumba. The essays collected here offer a useful introduction to the twin themes of music and national identity and melodies and ethnic identification. The contributors examine a variety of countries where powerful historical movements were shaped intentionally by music.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Table of Contents
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction: The Rise of Cultural Nationalism and Its Musical Expressions by William H. Beezley
  9. Chapter One. Music and National Identity in Mexico, 1919-1940 by William H. Beezley
  10. Chapter Two. La Hora Industrial vs. La Hora Intima: Mexican Music and Broadcast Media Before 1934 by Sonia Robles
  11. Chapter Three. Guatemalan National Identity and Popular Music by William H. Beezley
  12. Chapter Four. Cuban Music: Afro-Cubanism by Alejo Carpentier
  13. Chapter Five. An Accidental Hero (Cuban Singer in the Special Period) by Jan Fairley
  14. Chapter Six. CuzcatlĆ”n (El Salvador) and Maria de Barattaā€™s Nahualismo by Robin Sacolick
  15. Chapter Seven. CumandĆ”: A Leitmotiv in Ecuadorian Operas? Musical Nationalism and Representation of Indigenous People by Ketty Wong
  16. Chapter Eight. Dueling Bandoneones: Tango and Folk Music in Argentinaā€™s Musical Nationalism by Carolyne Ryan Larson
  17. Untitled
  18. Chapter Ten. The Opera Manchay Puytu: A Cautionary Tale Regarding Mestizos in Twentieth-Century Highland Bolivia by E. Gabrielle Kuenzli
  19. Chapter Eleven. Sounding Modern Identity in Mexican Film by Janet Sturman and Jennifer Jenkins
  20. List of Contributors
  21. Index