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Rock the nation : Latin/o identities and the Latin rock diaspora /

Rock the Nation analyzes Latino/a identity through rock 'n' roll music and its deep Latin/o history. By linking rock music to Latinos and to music from Latin America, the author argues that Latin/o music, people, and culture have been central to the development of rock music as a major pop...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Avant-Mier, Roberto
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Continuum, 2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Rock the Nation analyzes Latino/a identity through rock 'n' roll music and its deep Latin/o history. By linking rock music to Latinos and to music from Latin America, the author argues that Latin/o music, people, and culture have been central to the development of rock music as a major popular music form, in spite of North American racial logic that marginalizes Latino/as as outsiders, foreigners, and always exotic. According to the author, the Latin/o Rock Diaspora illuminates complex identity issues and interesting paradoxes with regard to identity politics, such as nationalism. Latino/as us.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 228 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-216) and index.
ISBN:9781441167972
1441167978
1282821954
9781282821958