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Mexican canto nuevo : music, politics, and resistance /

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"The book explores the origin and development of Mexican Canto Nuevo, a musical and cultural movement that influenced Mexican music, politics, and culture from the 1960s to the late 1980s. It delves into several aspects of Canto Nuevo's evolution, from its origins during the 1968 student m...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Palomares Salas, Claudio, 1978- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
Series:Currents in Latin American & Iberian music.
Subjects:
Popular music > Mexico > History and criticism.
Popular music > Political aspects > History.
Musique populaire > Mexique > Histoire et critique.
Musique populaire > Aspect politique > Histoire.
Mexico.
Latin America.
HISTORY.
MUSIC.
Ethnomusicology.
Music.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Setting the stage : rationale, scholarly influences, and book outline
  • Toward a definition of Mexican Canto Nuevo : features, principles, and themes
  • Mexican Canto Nuevo's calls and responses : rock'n'roll, folklorization, and Latin American Nueva Canción
  • 1968 : the birth of Mexican Canto Nuevo
  • The rising (1969-1976)
  • Consolidation (1977-1981)
  • Peak and decline (1982-1989)
  • Selected discography (1968-1989).