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Author:   Pablo Vila (Professor, Professor, Temple University, Elkins Park, PA)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 23.90cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 16.00cm
Weight:   0.578kg
ISBN:  

9780199986279

ISBN 10:   0199986274
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   20 November 2014
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Acknowledgements Introduction Pablo Vila Chapter 1: Narrative Identities and Popular Music: Linguistic Discourses and Social Practices Pablo Vila Chapter 2: Past Identity: Guillermo Klein, Miguel Zenón and the Future of Jazz Jairo Moreno Chapter 03: Errant surfing. Music, YouTube, the role of the Web in Youth Cultures Rossana Reguillo Chapter 04: Music and Post-Communist Subjectivities in Cuba Rubén López Cano Chapter 05: On Whitening and other Disaffections: The Impact of Tropipop on Colombia's Music Scene Héctor Fernández L'Hoeste Chapter 06: Fusion Rock Bands and the ""New Peru"" on Stage Patricia Oliart Chapter 07: Political activists, playboys and hippies: musical movements and symbolic representations of Brazilian youth in the 1960s Marcos Napolitano Chapter 08: The Pro Tools Generation. Digital Culture, Liveness, and the New Sincerity in Brazilian Popular Music Frederick Moehn Chapter 09: A Newer Tango Coming from the Past Laura Cambra and Juan Raffo Chapter 10: Life Trajectories and Dejuvenilization in Argentine Rock Adrián Pablo Fanjul"

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This text represents a painstakingly-achieved work aimed at discussing the extent to which discourse exerts influence on societal order. Intended to reach a wide audience, Music and Your Culture in Latin America is a seminal work that surely will pass the test of time. --Journal of International and Global Studies

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Pablo Vila researches the social construction of identities on the U.S.- Mexico border and in Latin America. His work considers issues of national, regional, racial, ethnic, religious, gender, and class identities on the U.S.- Mexico border and he has published five books on the topic. In his work on identification processes in Latin America, he has researched the way different social actors use popular music to understand who they are and act accordingly. He has published four books on that topic.

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