Flaco's Legacy The Globalization of Conjunto.
"A combination of button accordion and bajo sexto, conjunto originated in the Texas-Mexico borderlands as a popular dance music and became a powerful form of regional identity. Today, listeners and musicians around the world have embraced the genre and the work of conjunto masters like Flaco Ji...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bielefeld :
University of Illinois Press,
2023.
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Colección: | Music in American Life Series.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Cover Page
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: The Globalization of Conjunto
- The Processes and Implications of Globalization
- A Brief History of Conjunto
- Characteristics of Conjunto: "Ay Te Dejo En San Antonio"
- Outline of Contents
- Part I: The Migration of Conjunto
- 1. "We love you, Flaco!": Chicken Skin Music, "Mingomania," and the Inter/national Presentation of Conjunto
- Globalized Inclusions
- Flaco Jiménez: Inter/national Tours and Popular Festivals
- Mingo Saldívar: Nationalist Tours and Folkloric Festivals
- Steve Jordan: Struggles with Mainstream Recognition
- Conclusions
- 2. "Ladies and gentlemen, Dodge presents Flaco Jiménez!": Arhoolie Records, KEDA Radio Jalapeño, and the Mediated Dispersal of Conjunto
- Theoretical Framework: Globalization through Media
- Recording Conjunto: Regional Labels
- Recording Conjunto: Arhoolie Records
- Recording Conjunto: Arista Texas
- The Radio Presence of Conjunto: KEDA
- Conjunto on Television, in Print Media, and Online
- Conclusions
- 3. "From Texas to Washington and across to Michigan and Illinois...": Nostalgia and Authenticity in the U.S. American Spread of Conjunto
- Theoretical Framework: Community and Nostalgia
- Conjunto in the Midwest: Jesse Ponce
- Conjunto in the Midwest: Jimmy Bejarano Sr.
- Conjunto in the Pacific Northwest: Santiago Almeida and Joel Guzman
- Conjunto in the Southwest: Max Baca and Los Texmaniacs
- Conjunto in California: Conjunto Califas and Conjunto Los Pochos
- Conjunto in California: Los Lobos
- Conclusions
- Part II: The Hybridization of Conjunto
- 4. "You have to mix it up!": "Seguro Que Hell Yes," the Texas Tornados, Los Super Seven, and the Cultural Hybridity of Flaco Jiménez
- The Ambassador: Hybridity in the Works of Flaco Jiménez
- Collaborative Hybridity: Texas Tornados
- Cultural Preservation: Los Super Seven
- Conclusions
- 5. "I play the jazz accordion!": "Rueda de Fuego (Ring of Fire)," "My Toot Toot," and the Country/Zydeco Influences of Mingo Saldívar and Steve Jordan
- Mingo Saldívar and "Ring of Fire": The Hybridization of Repertory
- Mingo Saldívar and "La Margarita": The Hybridization of Sonic Elements
- "Conjunto music, to me, is like country-western...": The Correspondence of Genre
- Steve Jordan and "My Toot Toot": More Hybridization of Repertory
- Steve Jordan and "Grítenme Piedras Del Campo": Further Hybridization of Sonic Elements
- "Super Fly" vs. Ranchera: The Generic Signification of Clothing
- Analysis: Identities of Hybridization
- Conclusions: A Continuum of Genre/Identity
- 6. "It's jealousy...": Eva Ybarra and the Hybrid Offerings of Women in Conjunto
- Women in Conjunto: Eva Ybarra
- Women in Conjunto: Susan Torres
- The Globalization of Female Vocalists
- Conclusions