{"product_id":"the-texasmexican-conjunto-history-of-a-workingclass-music-9780292780804","title":"The TexasMexican Conjunto  History of a","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA history of conjunto music and musicians.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Preface \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Acknowledgments \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Introduction \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Part 1: Music and Musicians: A Descriptive History \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 1. Origins: Texas-Mexican Music Prior to 1930 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 2. Los Músicos de Ayer: The Formative Years \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 3. La Nueva Generación: Stylistic Consolidation (1948-1960) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 4. Post-1960 Conjunto: The Limits of a Tradition \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Part II: The Evolution of a Style: Economic, Social, and Symbolic Dimensions \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 5. La Gente Pobre: The Social Base of Conjunto Music \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 6. Social and Symbolic Dimensions of Conjunto: From Ascendancy to Decline \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Appendices \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e References \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Selected Discography \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Index \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400882594135,"sku":"9780292780804","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780292780804.jpg?v=1730471835","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-texasmexican-conjunto-history-of-a-workingclass-music-9780292780804","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}