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OverviewBanda music has been performed by traditional brass bands in rural northwestern Mexico for more than a century, while technobanda, a newer style that has replaced the brass instruments with synthesizers and electric instruments, has become part of a lifestyle for tens of thousands of young people in the US, particularly in Los Angeles. The young people who flock to technobanda concerts also insist on the use of the Spanish language, a particular etiquette on the dance floor and above all, a specific style of dress: cowboy/cowgirl apparel and belt buckles emblazoned with the name of their home Mexican state. In this engaging and insightful ethnography, Helena Simonett brings us inside the music and its culture. Her discussions of narco-trafficking and narco-corridos ballads reveal the interconnected roles of musical, commercial and criminal networks, and illuminate how and why musical and social issues become so interconnected for banda artists and audiences. In this richly contextualized analysis of a singularly important contemporary musical style, Simonett sheds new light on how expressive culture both generates and reflects intersecting social identities. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Helena SimonettPublisher: Wesleyan University Press Imprint: Wesleyan University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.626kg ISBN: 9780819564306ISBN 10: 0819564303 Pages: 336 Publication Date: 01 March 2001 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsThis book, exploring the technobanda phenomenon, is not only timely but will also make a significant contribution. It describes an important new musical phenomenon that is fully transnational. The quality of Simonett's scholarship is outstanding.--Deborah Pacini Hernandez, Associate Professor of American Civilization and Urban Studies, Brown University This book, exploring the technobanda phenomenon, is not only timely but will also make a significant contribution. It describes an important new musical phenomenon that is fully transnational. The quality of Simonett's scholarship is outstanding.--Deborah Pacini Hernandez, Associate Professor of American Civilization and Urban Studies, Brown University This book, exploring the technobanda phenomenon, is not only timely but will also make a significant contribution. It describes an important new musical phenomenon that is fully transnational. The quality of Simonett's scholarship is outstanding. --Deborah Pacini Hernandez, Associate Professor of American Civilization and Urban Studies, Brown University Author InformationHelena Simonett teaches music history and literature at The Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |