Table of Contents
Chapter I Border Territory: Nuevo León and Texas from Colonial Times to the 19th Century
Chapter II Precursors to Conjunto: Culture, Migration and Border Identity
Chapter III The First Epoch of Conjunto: The Instruments, Musical Forms and the Media
Chapter IV Conjunto: From Subaltern Mexican Culture to American Cultural Treasure
Chapter V Transformation and Recent Trends in Conjunto
Luis Díaz-Santana Garza is professor of music history and guitar at the Autonomous University of Zacatecas in Zacatecas, Mexico.
"Borders often incite transgression. The musical expressions
studied by Luis D�az Santana Garza are an example of how popular
culture in border regions breaks down barriers and fragments
conventional identities. Music on the border causes strange,
complex and fascinating phenomena that are studied in great detail
in this book. The reader will be amazed at the wealth that the
border between Nuevo Le�n and Texas harbors and generates in its
popular musical expressions."--Roger Bartra, Emeritus Researcher,
Universidad Nacional Aut�noma de M�xico
"This is the first comprehensive study of the relationship between
norte�o and conjunto music that truly takes into consideration both
sides of the border. It will be of interest to a wide range of
readers to include not only conjunto and norte�o fans, but also
scholars from disciplines such as musicology, folklore, media
studies, popular culture, history, literature, sociology and
cultural anthropology."--Juan Carlos Ram�rez-Pimienta, San Diego
State University
"Under a multidisciplinary approach -which combines cultural
history, cultural studies and music studies, with musicological
analysis-, D�az-Santana Garza offers a binational perspective of
the emergence and evolution of this music that helps to explain the
phenomenon of musical norte�izaci�n that Mexico is currently
experiencing. The rigor is remarkable, as well as the variety of
its sources: oral and documentary (printed, recorded). The clarity
and solidity of the arguments used to critically construct the
history around these musical cultures, goes beyond the strictly
musical framework and brings us closer to the areas of contemporary
culture."--Jose Juan Olvera Gudi�o, Center for Research and Higher
Studies in Social Anthropology
D�az-Santana Garza is part of a wave of scholars who incorporate
their lived experience in their scholarship.... The author provides
a history of conjunto, the multiple musical forms the genre
incorporates, and its influence in shaping other musical cultures.
The author also argues that transnational music of accordion and
bajo sexto have become powerful symbols of Mexican and Chicano
identity, displacing mariachi music, thanks to demand from Mexican
migrants. The author visited ten archives across Mexico and Texas,
and his primary research sources include newspapers, songs, and
interviews he conducted in southern Texas towns and large urban
centers in Mexico. Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates
through faculty and professionals; general readers.-- "Choice
Reviews"
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