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The first history of the music that binds together Mexican immigrant communities

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Ragland's ethnomusicological approach to musica nortena's evolution and its contemporary relevance, brings the topic to life. The music is clearly a prism to examining a broad swath of social, political, economic, cultural, and communications issues. Her musical analysis is fresh, rare, and valuable. Daniel Sheehy, Director and Curator, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Ragland has written an impressive examination of the many borderland musics popular among Mexicans and Mexican Americans in the Tex-Mex region of the Mexico-US border. Thanks to her background as a journalist, Ragland writes in a readable style. She packs the book with thorough research, in-depth musical and lyrical analysis, and insightful theoretical discussions of social and cultural issues related to such topics as ethnic identity and transnationalization... [A] valuable contribution to the growing body of literature on Latin American music. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Choice, Nov 2009

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Cathy Ragland is an Assistant Professor in Music and the Arts at SUNY/Empire State College. She is a former music critic for the San Antonio Express-News, Seattle Times and Austin American-Statesman, where, among many things, she wrote about Tex-Mex and NorteÑa music. She is also a former folklorist and co-founder of the Mariachi Academy of New York, an after-school program in East Harlem.

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