ISBN:
9781793638991
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (173 pages)
Series Statement:
Music, Culture, and Identity in Latin America
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.484226872064
Keywords:
Conjunto music--History and criticism
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Between Norteño and Tejano Conjunto analyzes the origin, evolution, and dissemination of Norteño and Tejano Conjunto, as part of a regional-transnational identity in the US-Mexico border.
Abstract:
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Culture, Popular Culture, and Popular Music -- Chapter 1: Border Territory: Nuevo León and Texas from Colonial Times to the Nineteenth Century -- Pre-Columbian Times and the First European Settlers -- Transformation and Adaptation to the Environment -- Between Mysticism and Weapons -- A Sensitive Issue: Native Americans -- From Provinces to Independent States -- The Short-Lived Republics of the North -- The Border: From Celluloid to the National Imaginary -- Economic and Industrial Development in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries -- Chapter 2: Precursors to Conjunto: Culture, Migration, and Border Identity -- Mexican Acoustic Traditions -- The Border: Regional Identity vs. National Identity -- Wars and Trade as a Pretext for Migrant Music -- Military and Rural Bands, the Típica Orchestras, and Other Groups -- The Montañeses del Álamo: Heralds of Norteño Conjunto -- We Sing in Spanish (and in English!): Language as a Generator of Identity -- Chapter 3: The First Epoch of Conjunto: Instruments, Musical Forms, and Media -- European Music in America -- Accordion and Bajo Sexto: Symbols and Cultural Unifiers -- Pioneers of Conjunto -- The Recording Industry or the Commodification of Traditions and Art -- Early Radio, the Phonograph's Competitor -- The Spaces of Dissemination for Conjunto: From Cantinas to Ballrooms -- Chapter 4: Conjunto: From Subaltern Mexican Culture to American Cultural Treasure -- Innovations of the Post-War Period: Instruments, Crossover, and Bailes -- Women in Conjunto -- The Chicano Movement and Regional Musical Pride -- Representation of Norteño and Tejano in the Collective Imaginary -- Chapter 5: Transformation and Recent Trends in Conjunto -- Conjunto in Cinema.
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