Sound, Image, and National Imaginary in the Construction of Latin/o American Identities (eBook)

Hector Fernandez L'Hoeste, Pablo Vila (Herausgeber)

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2017
254 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-6524-0 (ISBN)

Infos

This book explores the key role of sound and image in the perception of nations throughout the history of the Americas. It subverts the strict chronology previously upheld by historians regarding the formation of national identities by looking at the development of countries in varied cultural, economic, and political situations.

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Sound, Image, and National Imaginary in the Construction of Latin/o American Identities addresses a gap in the many narratives discussing the cultural histories of Latin American nations, particularly in terms of the birth, configuration, and perpetuation of national identities. It argues that these processes were not as gradual or constrained as traditionally conceived. The actual circumstances dictating the adoption of particular technologies for the representation of national ideas shifted and varied according to many factors including local circumstances, political singularities, economic disparities, and highly individualized cultural transitions. This book proposes a model of chronology that is valid not only for nations that underwent strong processes of nationalism during the early or mid-twentieth century, but also for those that experienced highly idiosyncratic cultural, economic, and political development into the early twenty-first century.

Autor

Héctor Fernández L'Hoeste is professor in the Department of World Languages and Cultures at Georgia State University.Pablo Vila is Professor of Sociology at Temple University.

Inhalt

ContentsIntroductionChapter One: The National Symbols of Costa Rica: A Decolonial ApproachMaría Isabel Carvajal ArayaChapter Two: Another Look at the History of Tango: The Intimate Connection of Rural and Urban Music in Argentina at the Beginning of the Twentieth CenturyJulia Chindemi and Pablo VilaChapter Three: Nationalisms and Anti-indigenismos: Rudolph Holzmann and His Contribution to a “Peruvian” MusicRaúl R. RomeroChapter Four: Music and Cartoons in Brazil: Complementarity in the Representation of National IdentityWaldomiro Vergueiro and Geisa Fernandes, translated by Ricardo NogueiraChapter Five: Divergent Imaginaries of the Nation in the New Chilean Pop of the 1980sJuan Pablo González, translated by Peggy Westwell and Pablo VilaChapter Six: Cumbias of the Crisis: A Hauntology of Modern UruguayMatthew J. Van HooseChapter Seven: On the Rise of Middle-Class Vallenato: The Recreation of the National in a Commodified Musical GenreHéctor Fernández L’HoesteChapter Eight: Dancing Palimpsests: “Bailando” and the Choreographing of Cuba’s International ImageSusan ThomasChapter Nine: Marc Anthony 3.0: Toward a Critical Salsa RománticaFrances R. AparicioAbout the EditorsAbout the Contributors

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.12.2017
• Reihe/Serie: Music, Culture, and Identity in Latin America
• Co-Autor: Frances R. Aparicio, Waldomiro Vergueiro, Pablo Vila, Maria Isabel Carvajal Araya, Julia Chindemi, Geisa Fernandes, Juan Pablo Gonzalez, Matthew J. Van Hoose, Hector Fernandez L'Hoeste, Raul R. Romero, Susan Thomas
• Zusatzinfo: 11 Illustrations including: - 11 Black & White Illustrations.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Cultural Imaginary • Cultural Studies • Cumbia • Indigenous music • Latin America • music • Music and Identity • national imaginary • Nation and Identity • Reggaeton • Tango • Vallenato
• ISBN-10: 1-4985-6524-7 / 1498565247
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4985-6524-0 / 9781498565240