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Malena Kuss - Music in Latin America and the Caribbean: An Encyclopedic History - 9780292702981 - V9780292702981
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Music in Latin America and the Caribbean: An Encyclopedic History

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Description for Music in Latin America and the Caribbean: An Encyclopedic History Hardcover. Taking a sociocultural and human-centered approach, this title gathers the best scholarship from writers all over the world to cover in depth the musical legacies of indigenous peoples, creoles, African descendants, Iberian colonizers, and other immigrant groups that met and mixed in the New World. Editor(s): Kuss, Malena. Series: Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American & Latino Art & Culture. Num Pages: 448 pages, 57 b&w photos, 111 figures, 13 maps, 2 CDs. BIC Classification: AV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 7128 x 5499 x 814. Weight in Grams: 1497.

The music of the peoples of South and Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean has never received a comprehensive treatment in English until this multi-volume work. Taking a sociocultural and human-centered approach, Music in Latin America and the Caribbean gathers the best scholarship from writers all over the world to cover in depth the musical legacies of indigenous peoples, creoles, African descendants, Iberian colonizers, and other immigrant groups that met and mixed in the New World. Within a history marked by cultural encounters and dislocations, music emerges as the powerful tool that negotiates identities, enacts resistance, performs belief, and challenges ... Read more

Volume 1, Performing Beliefs: Indigenous Peoples of South America, Central America, and Mexico, focuses on the inextricable relationships between worldviews and musical experience in the current practices of indigenous groups. Worldviews are built into, among other things, how music is organized and performed, how musical instruments are constructed and when they are played, choreographic formations, the structure of songs, the assignment of gender to instruments, and ritual patterns. Two CDs with 44 recorded examples illustrate the contributions to this rich volume.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Series
Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American & Latino Art & Culture
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
Austin, TX, United States
ISBN
9780292702981
SKU
V9780292702981
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About Malena Kuss
Malena Kuss is an internationally recognized musicologist specializing in Latin American music. She is Professor of Music Emeritus at the University of North Texas, Denton.

Reviews for Music in Latin America and the Caribbean: An Encyclopedic History
"Simply put, this is a wonderful
in some respects even an extraordinary
book. From one end to the other, it strikes a series of elegant balances on every level." Allan W. Atlas, Distinguished Professor of Music, The Graduate Center, The City University of New York

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