{"product_id":"the-texas-mexican-conjunto-history-of-a-working-class-music-paperback-softback-9780292780804","title":"The Texas-Mexican Conjunto; History of a Working-class Music (Paperback \/ softback) 9780292780804","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Texas-Mexican Conjunto\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eHistory of a Working-class Music\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eManuel Peña (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780292780804\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 March 1985\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e234 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThis 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.... Fascinating and well-researched.\u003c\/div\u003e (American Anthropologist)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e Around 1930, a highly popular and distinctive type of accordion music, commonly known as \u003ci\u003econjunto\u003c\/i\u003e, emerged among Texas-Mexicans. Manuel PeÑa's \u003ci\u003eThe Texas-Mexican Con;unto\u003c\/i\u003e is the first comprehensive study of this unique folk style. The author's exhaustive fieldwork and personal interviews with performers, disc jockeys, dance promoters, recording company owners, and conjunto music lovers provide the crucial connection between an analysis of the music itself and the richness of the culture from which it sprang. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Using an approach that integrates musicological, historical, and sociological methods of analysis, PeÑa traces the development of the conjunto from its tentative beginnings to its preeminence as a full-blown style by the early 1960s. Biographical sketches of such major early performers as Narciso MartÍnez (El HuracÁn del Valle), Santiago JimÉnez (El Flaco), Pedro Ayala, Valerio Longoria, Tony de la Rosa, and Paulino Bernal, along with detailed transcriptions of representative compositions, illustrate the various phases of conjunto evolution. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e PeÑa also probes the vital connection between conjunto's emergence as a powerful symbolic expression and the transformation of Texas-Mexican society from a pre-industrial folk group to a community with increasingly divergent socioeconomic classes and ideologies. Of concern throughout the study is the interplay between ethnicity, class, and culture, and PeÑa's use of methods and theories from a variety of scholarly disciplines enables him to tell the story of conjunto in a manner both engaging and enlightening. This important study will be of interest to all students of Mexican American culture, ethnomusicology, and folklore. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Preface \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Acknowledgments \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Introduction \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Part 1: Music and Musicians: A Descriptive History \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 1. Origins: Texas-Mexican Music Prior to 1930 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 2. Los MÚ\u003cbr\u003esicos de Ayer: The Formative Years \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 3. La Nueva GeneraciÓ\u003cbr\u003en: Stylistic Consolidation (1948-1960) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 4. Post-1960 Conjunto: The Limits of a Tradition \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Part II: The Evolution of a Style: Economic, Social, and Symbolic Dimensions \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 5. La Gente Pobre: The Social Base of Conjunto Music \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 6. Social and Symbolic Dimensions of Conjunto: From Ascendancy to Decline \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Appendices \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e References \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Selected Discography \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Index \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52530887557400,"sku":"9780292780804","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-texas-mexican-conjunto-history-of-a-working-class-music-paperback-softback-9780292780804","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}