Rockin Las Americas

Rockin Las Americas
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Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
Total Pages : 433
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ISBN-10 : 9780822972556
ISBN-13 : 0822972557
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Book Synopsis Rockin Las Americas by : Deborah Pacini Hernandez

Download or read book Rockin Las Americas written by Deborah Pacini Hernandez and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2011-12-12 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every nation in the Americas—from indigenous Peru to revolutionary Cuba—has been touched by the cultural and musical impact of rock. Rockin’ Las Américas is the first book to explore the production, dissemination, and consumption of rock music throughout the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America, Brazil, the Andes, and the Southern Cone as well as among Latinos in the United States. The contributors include experts in music, history, literature, culture, sociology, and anthropology, as well as practicing rockeros and rockeras. The multidisciplinary, transnational, and comparative perspectives they bring to the topic serve to address a broad range of fundamental questions about rock in Latin and Latino America, including: Why did rock become such a controversial cultural force in the region? In what ways has rock served as a medium for expressing national identities? How are unique questions of race, class, and gender inscribed in Latin American rock? What makes Latin American rock Latin American? Rockin’ Las Américas is an essential book for anyone who hopes to understand the complexities of Latin American culture today.


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