Song and Social Change in Latin America (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Shaw, Lauren E

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Song & Social Change in Latin America offers seven essays from a diverse group of scholars on the topic of music as a reflection of the many social-political upheavals throughout Latin America from the 20th century to the present. Topics covered include: the Tropicália movement in Brazil, the Nueva Canción in Central America, Rock in Mexico, Argentina, Chile and Peru, the Vallenato in Colombia, Trova in Cuba, and urban music of Puerto Rico in the mid-20th century. The collection also includes five interviews from prominent and up-and-coming musicians -Ruben Blades, Roy Brown, Habana Abierta, Ana Tijoux, and Mare- representing a variety of musical genres and political issues in Central America, the Caribbean, South America, and Mexico.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. April 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780739179499
• Artikelnr.: 38073327

Autorenporträt

Lauren Shaw is an associate professor of Spanish at Elmira College where she teaches Hispanic Studies in the Romance Language Program and hosts a Spanish language radio program called Voces.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Lauren Shaw Part I: Music and Agency Chapter 1: Singing the
City, Documenting Modernization: Cortijo y su combo and the Insertion of
the Urban in 1950s Puerto Rican Culture Carmelo Esterrich Chapter 2:
Shattering Myths: Brazil: Brazil's Tropicália Movement John R. Baldwin and
Phillip J. Chidester Chapter 3: The Mockingbird Still Calls for Arlen:
Central American Songs of Rebellion, 1970-2010 Juan Carlos Ureña Chapter 4:
Social Denunciation of the Politics of Fear: Rock Music through the
Eighties in Argentina, Chile and Peru Lisette Balabarca Chapter 5: The
Politics of Language, Class, and Nation in Mexico's Rock en español
Movement Ignacio Corona Chapter 6: Witnessing Forced Internal Displacement
in Colombia Through Vallenato Music Diana Rodríguez Quevedo Chapter 7: Rich
Poetry: Cuban Voices of Possibility Lauren Shaw Part II: Conversations on
Music and Social Change Ruben Blades, New York City Habana Abierta, Madrid
Roy Brown, Mayagüez, Ana Tijoux, Boston Mare Advertencia Lirika, Oaxaca via
Skype