Thinking about Music from Latin America

Juan Pablo González is director of the Alberto Hurtado University Music Institute and affiliate of the Catholic University of Chile Institute of History.Nancy Morris is professor in the Department of Media Studies and Production and the Doctoral Program in Media and Communication at Temple University.

Every chapter in this latest book by prominent Latin American musicologist Juan Pablo González stands on its own, from his expert yet accessible analysis of trends in Latin American musicology to his discussion of the Chilean counter-fusion band Fulano. Woven together as they are in this collection, the theoretical essays and case studies are equally thought-provoking as they are curiosity inspiring. This volume is an indispensable read for all those with an interest in Latin American music and its study.

• Acknowledgments Preface to the English editionIntroductionI. Musicology and Latin AmericaII. The Multidisciplinary TurnIII. Postcolonial ListeningIV. Popular Music StudiesV. From Song-Object to Song-ProcessVI. Multiple Origins: “Martian Cutie” Travels the EarthVII. Women Take the StageVIII. Tradition, Modernity, and the Avant-garde: From the Conservatory to Víctor JaraIX. Primitive Avant-garde: Los Jaivas and the Chilean CountercultureX. Mass Counterculture under Military Dictatorships—Brazil and ChileXI. Folk Music and Globalization: Expanding Roots across Space and TimeAfterword to the English editionWorks citedIndexAbout the Author and Translator