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* Musica Nortena: Mexican Migrants Creating a Nation Between Nations (Studies In Latin America & Car) ✓ PDF Read by * Catherine Ragland eBook or Kindle ePUB Online free. Musica Nortena: Mexican Migrants Creating a Nation Between Nations (Studies In Latin America & Car) politics, identity and popular culture noguri If you can't tell the difference between Tejano music and Nortena, you will know the difference by the end of this book. The author really spells out the difference and explains it in terms clear enough for non-musicians like me. The high point of the book is when the author walks us through a comparison of the same corrido as performed and recorded by Ramon Ayala y sus Bravos de. Required reading for anyone who loves Nortena music--or wants to Harri
| Title | : | Musica Nortena: Mexican Migrants Creating a Nation Between Nations (Studies In Latin America & Car) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.20 (681 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1592137474 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 268 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-23 |
| Language | : | English |
politics, identity and popular culture noguri If you can't tell the difference between Tejano music and Nortena, you will know the difference by the end of this book. The author really spells out the difference and explains it in terms clear enough for non-musicians like me. The high point of the book is when the author walks us through a comparison of the same corrido as performed and recorded by Ramon Ayala y sus Bravos de. Required reading for anyone who loves Nortena music--or wants to Harriet Rafter Required reading for anyone who loves Nortena music--or wants to know more about our US/Mexican border than you get in sound bites on the news. Well written--no academic jargon, though an academic book--and could it be more timely?. Excellent book John Donovan The previous reviewer is far better informed than I, but as a nordamericano lover of Nortena music I found it hard to put the book down. The author weaves historical social, political, and economic threads into a compelling and very readable narrative;they're ones you certainly didn't learn in school. Having read the book I have a far better understanding and appreciation of cros
Featuring evocative songs about undocumented border-crossers, drug traffickers, and the plight of immigrant workers, música norteña has become the music of a “nation between nations.” Música Norteña is the first definitive history of this transnational music that has found enormous commercial success in norteamérica. Cathy Ragland, an ethnomusicologist and former music critic, serves up the fascinating fifty-year story of música norteña, enlivened by interviews with important musicians and her own first-hand observations of live musical performances. By comparing música norteña with other popular musical forms, in
Her musical analysis is fresh, rare, and valuable.”—Daniel Sheehy, Director and Curator, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. “Ragland’s ethnomusicological approach to música norteña's evolution and its contemporary relevance, brings the topic to life. The music is clearly a prism to examining a broad swath of social, political, economic, cultural, and communications issues
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