Mexican American Orquesta

Music, Culture, and the Dialectic of Conflict

Häftad, Engelska, 1999

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Beskrivning

The Mexican American orquesta is neither a Mexican nor an American music. Relying on both the Mexican orquesta and the American dance band for repertorial and stylistic cues, it forges a synthesis of the two. The ensemble emerges historically as a powerful artistic vehicle for the expression of what Manuel PeÑa calls the "dialectic of conflict." Grounded in ethnic and class conflict, this dialectic compels the orquesta and its upwardly mobile advocates to waver between acculturation and ethnic resistance. The musical result: a complex mesh of cultural elements-Mexican and American, working- and middle-class, traditional and contemporary. In this book, Manuel PeÑa traces the evolution of the orquesta in the Southwest from its beginnings in the nineteenth century through its pinnacle in the 1970s and its decline since the 1980s. Drawing on fifteen years of field research, he embeds the development of the orquesta within a historical-materialist matrix to achieve the optimal balance between description and interpretation. Rich in ethnographic detail and boldly analytical, his book is the first in-depth study of this important but neglected field of artistic culture.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1999-11-01
Mått:152 x 229 x 22 mm
Vikt:454 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:364
Förlag:University of Texas Press
ISBN:9780292765870

Utforska kategorier

Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik
Världsmusik inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

Manuel PeÑa (1942–2019) was an anthropologist of music and folklore. He taught anthropology at the University of Texas at Austin and music at California State University, Fresno.

Recensioner i media

"There is no comparable study to this one. Pena is without question the outstanding student of Mexican-American music... He has written the definitive study of the orquesta." --Mario T. Garcia, Professor of History and Chicano Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgments Prelude: Music, Culture, and Dialectical Interpretation Exposition: Mexicans and Anglos in the Southwest: The Dialectic of Conflict Part One: Origins Chapter 1. Bailes and Fandangos: Music and Social Division in the Nineteenth Century Chapter 2. The Dawning of a New Age: Musical Developments, 1910 to 1940 Part Two: The Mexican American Era Chapter 3. Orquesta's Social Base: The Mexican American Generation Chapter 4. The Formative Years of Orquesta: The Texas-Mexican Connection Chapter 5. The Los Angeles Tradition: Triumph of the Anti-Ranchero Part Three: The Chicano Era Chapter 6. The Chicano Generation: Conflict, Contradiction, and Synthesis Chapter 7. La Onda Chicana Chapter 8. Ethnography: The Orquesta Tradition in Fresno Coda: Music in the Post-Chicano Era Notes Selected Discography References Cited Index