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OverviewEl Sistema is a nationwide, state-funded music education program in Venezuela. Founded in 1975 by economist and musician JosÉ Antonio Abreu, the institution has weathered seven jolting changes in government. Hugo ChÁvez and, after his death, president NicolÁs Maduro enthusiastically included the institution into the political agenda of the socialist project and captured the affective power of music for their own aims. Fueled by the oil boom in the 2000s, El Sistema grew over the years to encompass 1,210 orchestras for children and young people in Venezuela, reached almost 1 million people out of the 30 million in the country, and served as a model in more than 35 countries around the world. Sonorous Worlds is an ethnography of the young Venezuelan musicians who participate in El Sistema, many of whom live in urban barrios and face everyday gang violence, state repression, social exclusion, and forced migration in response to sociopolitical crisis. This book looks at how these young people engage with what the author calls “enchantment,” that is, how through musical practices they create worlds that escape, rupture, and critique dominant structures of power. Stainova’s focus on artistic practice and enchantment allows her to theorize the successes and failures of political projects through the lens of everyday transformations in people’s lives. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Yana StainovaPublisher: The University of Michigan Press Imprint: The University of Michigan Press Weight: 0.363kg ISBN: 9780472039326ISBN 10: 0472039326 Pages: 280 Publication Date: 30 April 2023 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviews"""Sonorous Worlds offers a note of hope in its celebration of utopian creativity through music."" --NACLA Report on the Americas--Julie Skurski ""NACLA Report on the Americas"" ""Stainova's book is an engaging combination of theoretical insight and observations from fieldwork and interviews with Sistema musicians spanning 2011-2018. ...This book will be interesting to music scholars, educators, and performers and anyone who has asked themselves questions about music and its place in society, particularly during times of struggle or unrest."" --CAML Review-- ""CAML Reviews""" Sonorous Worlds offers a note of hope in its celebration of utopian creativity through music. --NACLA Report on the Americas--Julie Skurski NACLA Report on the Americas Stainova's book is an engaging combination of theoretical insight and observations from fieldwork and interviews with Sistema musicians spanning 2011-2018. ...This book will be interesting to music scholars, educators, and performers and anyone who has asked themselves questions about music and its place in society, particularly during times of struggle or unrest. --CAML Review-- CAML Reviews """Sonorous Worlds offers a note of hope in its celebration of utopian creativity through music.""—NACLA Report on the Americas ""Stainova’s book is an engaging combination of theoretical insight and observations from fieldwork and interviews with Sistema musicians spanning 2011-2018. ...This book will be interesting to music scholars, educators, and performers and anyone who has asked themselves questions about music and its place in society, particularly during times of struggle or unrest.""—CAML Review" Author InformationYana Stainova is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at McMaster University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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