Turino, Thomas - Music in the Andes
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Turino, Thomas - Music in the Andes

Catalogue No: 9780195306743
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Music in the Andes, a case study in the Global Music Series, introduces the major contemporary indigenous, mestizo, and urban popular musical traditions of this region, underscoring the dynamic interplay of musical/cultural continuity and innovation. Exploring the way in which music, dance, and festival traditions in this region articulate ethnicity, class and local history, this book demonstrates the social and musical diversity of the Andes. Designed to be used as one of several short and inexpensive case study volumes in the Global Music Series, this volume is appropriate for introductory undergraduate courses in world music or ethnomusicology and for upper level courses on Latin American music or Latin American culture. Based on the author's own extensive fieldwork, the text features interviews with performers, eyewitness accounts of performances, and vivid illustrations. The book also features listening activities that allow students to engage critically and actively with the t

CONTENTS

Foreword:
Preface:
CD Track List:
1. Indigenous Wind Ensembles and Community
Indigenous Identity and Aymara Social Style
Musical Style
Participatory Music Making in Conima
Festivals in Conima
Ano Nuevo:
San Isidro (May 14-15):
2. Charango String Traditions
The Indigenous Charango of Canas, Cusco
The Mestizo Charango
Indigenous and Mestizo Styles Compared
3. Dance Dramas in Mestizo Catholic Festivals
The Virgin of Carmen
Festival Activities
The Dance Troupes
4. Andean Music in Andean Cities: The Case of Lima, Peru
Nationalism in the 1920s
Regional Country Music in Lima
Highland Regional Associations
Chicha Music and the Children of Andean Migrants
Technocumbia:
5. Andean Music in the Cities of the World
Cosmopolitanism as a Type of Cultural Formation
From Buenos Aires and Paris to the Cities of the World
Andean Folkloric Music in the Andes
Glossary:
References:
Index:
SeriesGlobal Music
9780195306743