The Texas-Mexican Conjunto: History of a Working-class Music (Mexican American Monographs)
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| Rating | : | 4.19 (884 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 029278080X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 234 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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Fascinating and well-researched." (American Anthropologist) . "This book does a magnificent job of tracing the history of conjunto music and musicians, and does much more. Peña presents a highly convincing explanation for conjunto music as an act of working-class self-affirmation and opposition to the upwardly aspirant middle class with its self-consciously Americanized orquesta music
A Customer said Interesting, but could have been better focused. Manuel Pena's analysis of conjunto's evolution is not so much a cogent layman's story of the music and its history, as it is an academic thesis on the socio-economic issues which helped forge the music. There are some interesting facts for the average music fan,but overwhelming and a little boring is the sociological commentary which seems to go nowhere. Better suited perhaps for social science students. For a more succinct and readable history of the music check out Joe Nick Patowski's . "Conjunto Music Forever!" according to JJ Barrera. Good historical read about Conjunto music origins!. James Reza said The Texas Mexican Conjunto. Being American Hispanic and loving Tejano (conjunto and orchestra) music I really enjoyed the book on the history of the Tejano (American Hispanic Texans) conjunto music. One thing I did learn from these Hispanic musicians stories is that in order to get out of poverty you got to learn English. Sadly, too many Hispanics still cling to their old Mexican ways that hasn't let them evolved along with other ethnic groups in American. James H. Reza
He has taught anthropology at the University of Texas at Austin and music at California State University, Fresno. . Manuel Pena is an anthropologist of music and folklore
A history of conjunto music and musicians.