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Book SynopsisFocusing on the hemispheric circulation of South American musical cultures, Kirstie A. Dorr examines the spatiality of sound and the ways in which the sonic is bound to perceptions and constructions of geographic space, showing how people can use music and sound to challenge and transform dominant conceptions of place.
Trade Review"Dorr’s intricately interwoven case studies offer important methodological and substantive insights for the study of Latin American music." -- Nancy Sue Love * Ethnic and Racial Studies *
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On Site, In Sound is a rare and invaluable book that brings into critical colloquy the fields of ethnomusicology, critical geography, ethnic studies, performance studies, and gender studies. . . . The book is a great read of undoubtedly great use for scholars in the aforementioned fields of study, or to any student who wants to learn about the spatially transformative powers of sound and music, or more about Peruvian culture in general, although a degree of familiarity with either Latin American cultural studies or critical geography is recommended." -- Nathan Siu-Fung Cheung * Antipode *
"Dorr explodes the discussion of sound’s emplacement across epochs and musical genres." -- Anthony W. Rasmussen * Sound Studies *
"Dorr aims to make critical interventions into a number of cutting-edge academic discussions regarding race, gender, sexuality, nation, and diaspora. She does so with a remarkable cogency that demands and rewards multiple re-readings. ... When she [...] describe[s] the vocal sounds of Sumac, Wendy Sulca, Susana Baca, and others, she does so beautifully, and turns her readers into more deeply attuned listeners." -- John Gennari * The Americas *
"Dorr offers a profoundly compelling and layered analysis of this musical phenomena, and the narratives of space and power that operate beneath the act of artistic identification. ... Built from a solid theoretical framework and with creative uses of the archive,
On Site, In Sound is an excellent contribution that will be helpful to Latin Americanists who work on performance studies, sound studies, cultural studies, and the intersections of space, ethnicity, and gender." -- Juan Suárez Ontaneda * The Latin Americanist *
“Rigorously theorized,
On Site, in Sound encourages interdisciplinary dialogues between ethnic, area, feminist, and queer studies; cultural, performance, and sound studies; and political and cultural geography. . . . Dorr’s analysis of Black women performing in Peru illuminate[s] how women use performative platforms to contest gendered restrictions on their participation in public discourse.” -- Elizabeth Schwall * Latin American Research Review *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii
Introduction. Thinking Site in Sound 1
1. Sounding Place Over Time: On the Sonic Transits of "El Cóndor Pasa" 25
2. Putumayo and Its Discontents: The Andean Music Industry as a World Music Geography 64
3. (Inter)national Stages,
Mujeres Bravas, and the Spatial Politics of Diaspora 95
4. "You Can't Have a Revolution without Songs: Neighborhood Soundscapes and Multiscalar Activism in La Misión 145
Epilogue. Musical Pirates, Sonic Debts, and Future Geographies of Transit 175
Notes 189
Bibliography 217
Index 236
