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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826996603321

Autore

Pacini Hernandez Deborah

Titolo

Rockin Las Americas [[electronic resource] ] : The Global Politics Of Rock In Latin/o America

Pubbl/distr/stampa

, : University of Pittsburgh Press, , 2014

ISBN

0-8229-7255-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (433 pages)

Collana

Pitt Illuminations.

Altri autori (Persone)

ZolovEric

Fernández l'HoesteHéctor D. <1962->

Disciplina

781.66098

Soggetti

Music industry

Rock music -- Political aspects -- Latin America

Rock music -- Social aspects -- Latin America

Rock music -- Social aspects

Rock music - Political aspects - Latin America

Rock music - Social aspects - Latin America

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Mapping Rock Music Cultures across the Americas / Deborah Pacini Hernandez, Hector Fernandez L'Hoeste, and Eric Zolov""; ""La Onda Chicana: Mexico's Forgotten Rock Counterculture / Eric Zolov""; ""Between Rock and a Hard Place: Negotiating Rock in Revolutionary Cuba, 1960-1980 / Deborah Pacini Hernandez and Reebee Garofalo""; ""Black Pau: Uncovering the History of Brazilian Soul / Bryan McCann""; ""Boricua Rock: Puerto Rican by Necessity! / Jorge Arevalo Mateus""; ""The Politics and Anti-Politics of Uruguayan Rock / Abril Trigo""

Sommario/riassunto

Every nation in the Americas-from indigenous Peru to revolutionary Cuba-has been touched by the cultural and musical impact of rock. Rockin' Las Américas is the first book to explore the production, dissemination, and consumption of rock music throughout the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America, Brazil, the Andes, and the Southern Cone as well as among Latinos in the United States.  The contributors include experts in music, history, literature, culture, sociology, and anthropology, as well as practicing rockeros and



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