Description
Book SynopsisA history of conjunto music and musicians.
Trade ReviewThis book does a magnificent job of tracing the history of conjunto music and musicians, and does much more.... Peña presents a highly convincing explanation for conjunto music as an act of working-class self-affirmation and opposition to the upwardly aspirant middle class with its self-consciously Americanized orquesta music.... Fascinating and well-researched. * American Anthropologist *
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part 1: Music and Musicians: A Descriptive History
- 1. Origins: Texas-Mexican Music Prior to 1930
- 2. Los Músicos de Ayer: The Formative Years
- 3. La Nueva Generación: Stylistic Consolidation (1948-1960)
- 4. Post-1960 Conjunto: The Limits of a Tradition
- Part II: The Evolution of a Style: Economic, Social, and Symbolic Dimensions
- 5. La Gente Pobre: The Social Base of Conjunto Music
- 6. Social and Symbolic Dimensions of Conjunto: From Ascendancy to Decline
- Appendices
- References
- Selected Discography
- Index
