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From Tejano to Tango Essays on Latin American Popular Music

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ISBN-10: 0815336403

ISBN-13: 9780815336402

Edition: 2002

Authors: Walter Aaron Clark

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In this work, the editor has compiled 12 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 various genres.
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Book details

List price: $56.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 4/26/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Preface
Politics and Identity: Argentina and Nicaragua
The Popularized Gaucho Image as a Source of Argentine Classical Music, 1880-1920
The Tango, Peronism, and Astor Piazzolla during the 1940s and '50s
Socially Conscious Music Forming the Social Conscience: Nicaraguan Musica Testimonial and the Creation of a Revolutionary Moment
Rock Chabon: The Contemporary National Rock of Argentina
Locality and Interlocality: North America and Cuba
Crossing Borders: Mexicana, Tejana, and Chicana Musicians in the United States and Mexico
A Chicano in a Cuban Band: Okan Ise and Songo in Los Angeles
The Bolero Romantico: From Cuban Dance to International Popular Song
"Give Your Body Joy, Macarena": Aspects of U.S. Participation in the "Latin" Dance Craze of the 1990s
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
Popular Music and the Global City: Huayno, Chicha, and Techno-cumbia in Lima
Viral Creativity: A Memetic Approach to the Music of Andre Abujamra and Karnak
Doing the Samba on Sunset Boulevard: Carmen Miranda and the Hollywoodization of Latin American Music
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