Cultural Nationalism and Ethnic Music in Latin America

273 Pages·2018·3.004 MB·English

by  William H. Beezley, Sonia Robles, Alejo Carpentier, Jan Fairley, Robin Sacolick, Ketty Wong, Carolyne Ryan Larson, Jerry D. Metz Jr, E. Gabrielle Kuenzli, Janet Sturman, Jennifer Jenkins

Cultural Nationalism and
Ethnic Music in Latin America

Cultural Nationalism and
Ethnic Music in Latin America
EDITED BY WILLIAM H. BEEZLEY
University of New Mexico Press • Albuquerque
© 2018 by the University of New Mexico Press
All rights reserved. Published 2018
Printed in the United States of America
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Beezley, William H.
Title: Cultural Nationalism and Ethnic Music in Latin America / edited by William H.
Beezley.
Description: Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2018. | Includes index. |
Identifiers: LCCN 2018001023 (print) | LCCN 2018005450 (e-book) | ISBN 9780826359766
(e-book) | ISBN 9780826359759 (pbk.: alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Music—Latin America—History and criticism. | Nationalism in music.
Classification: LCC ML3917.L27 (e-book) | LCC ML3917.L27 C85 2018 (print) | DDC
780.98—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018001023
Front cover illustration: courtesy of Nicola Heindl-Watson
Back cover: used with permission of the Brazilian artist D. Souza and the Champion Folk Art
collection
Title page illustrations: courtesy of Nicola Heindl-Watson
Designed by Lisa Tremaine
Composed in ITC Cushing
This volume is dedicated to
Matthew Beezley and his brother Nichols and cousins Max and Virginia
and, como siempre, to Blue

CONTENTS
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction. The Rise of Cultural Nationalism and its
Musical Expressions 1
William H. Beezley
Chapter 1. Music and National Identity in Mexico, 1919–1940 29
William H. Beezley
Chapter 2. La Hora Industrial vs. La Hora Intima: Mexican
Music and Broadcast Media Before 1934 45
Sonia Robles
Chapter 3. Guatemalan National Identity and Popular Music 67
William H. Beezley
Chapter 4. Cuban Music: Afro-Cubanism 81
Alejo Carpentier
Chapter 5. An Accidental Hero [Cuban Singer in the Special
Period] 93
Jan Fairley
Chapter 6. Cuzcatlán (El Salvador) and Maria de Baratta’s
Nahualismo 97
Robin Sacolick
Chapter 7. Cumandá: A Leitmotiv in Ecuadorian Operas?
Musical Nationalism and Representation of
Indigenous People 129
Ketty Wong
Chapter 8. Dueling Bandoneones: Tango and Folk Music in
Argentina’s Musical Nationalism 149
Carolyne Ryan Larson
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Chapter 9. Carnival as Brazil’s “Tropical Opera”: Resistance
to Rio’s Samba in the Carnivals of Recife and
Salvador, 1960s–1970s 179
Jerry D. Metz Jr.
Chapter 10. The Opera Manchay Puytu: A Cautionary Tale
Regarding Mestizos in Twentieth-Century
Highland Bolivia 219
E. Gabrielle Kuenzli
Chapter 11. Sounding Modern Identity in Mexican Film 227
Janet Sturman and Jennifer Jenkins
Contributors 255
Index 259
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
An anthology such as this one only comes to life from the efforts of the vari-
ous contributors who trust that their efforts will result in something greater
than the sum of its various parts. I am confident that these essays have
resulted in something much greater than simply a collection of chapters on
this theme. Together the essays provide a mosaic that offers a basic introduc-
tion to the twin themes of music and national identity and melodies and
ethnic identification. Of course, they do not offer the last word on these top-
ics, but they do provide a fascinating introduction to both. Not all of the Latin
American countries are represented here, nor are all the ethnicities present,
but the selections offer introductory slices of the multitude of topics on
national and ethnic identity that exists in the region.
Acknowledgments must begin with recognition of the contributors. Fol-
lowing close after them, the executive editor of the University of New Mexico
Press, Clark Whitehorn, whose general patience and positive support makes
working through the publication process both a learning and a pleasurable
experience.
Graduate and undergraduate students at the University of Arizona partic-
ipated in this volume by listening to lectures and discussing the themes pre-
sented here. In particular, Luis Coronado, Natasha Verner, Claire Perrott,
Osciel Salazar, Cristina Urias Espinosa, Allison Huntley, and Cony Marquez
Sandoval have added considerably to this study of music, nationalism, and
ethnicity.
The images on the back cover by the Brazilian artist D. Souza come from
the Champion Folk Art collection and the photographs were taken by Cheryle
Champion.
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