From tejano to tango : Latin American popular music / edited by Walter Aaron Clark.

Other author Clark, Walter Aaron editor.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Routledge, 2002.
Descriptionx, 286 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Politics and identity, Argentina and Nicaragua. The popularized gaucho image as a source of Argentine classical music, 1880-1920 / Deborah Schwartz-Kates -- The tango, Peronism and Astor Piazzolla during the 1940s and '50s / aría Susana Azzi -- Socially conscious music forming the social conscience: Nicaraguan Música Testimonial and the creation of a revolutionary moment / T.M. Scruggs -- Rock chabón: the contemporary national rock of Argentina / Pablo Semán and Pablo Vila -- Locality and interlocality, North America and Cuba. Crossing borders: Mexicana, Tejana and Chicana musicians in the United States and Mexico / John Koegel -- A Chicano in a Cuban band: Okan Ise and songo in Los Angeles / Javier Barrales Pacheco -- The bolero romántico: from Cuban dance to international popular song / George Torres -- "Give your body joy, Macarena": aspects of U.S. participation in the "Latin" dance craze of the 1990s / Melinda Russell -- Globalization and mass mediation, Brazil and Peru. Music and place in the Brazilian popular imagination: the interplay of local and global in the mangue bit movement of Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil / Philip Galinsky -- Popular music and the global city: Huayno, Chicha and Techno-cumbia in Lima / Raúl R. Romero -- Viral creativity: a memetic approach to the music of André Abujamra and Karnak / John Murphy -- Doing the Samba on Sunset Boulevard\ : Carmen Miranda and the Hollywoodization of Latin American music / Walter Aaron Clark.
Abstract This volume is a compilation of thirteen essays that discuss the various aspects of Latin American music. The essays cover the social and political impact the music generated as well as the rhythmic development of the various genres. In this essential book, significant personalities, including Carmen Miranda, are discussed. The scope of the contributors is vast as divergent musical styles such as the Macarena dace craze, Bob Marley's reggae music and the seductive strains of the tango are analyzed.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2001048174
ISBN081533639X
ISBN0815336403 (pbk.)

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Music Music Stacks ML3475 .F76 2002 ✔ Available Place Hold