Mexican American Orquesta

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.

"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

• 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