Hugo Chávez, Alí Primera and Venezuela - Hazel Marsh

Hugo Chávez, Alí Primera and Venezuela

The Politics of Music in Latin America

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Buch | Softcover
239 Seiten
2021 | 1st ed. 2016
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-349-84579-8 (ISBN)
64,15 inkl. MwSt
Unlike much of the literature on Venezuela in the Chávez period, this book shifts focus away from 'top down' perspectives to examine how Venezuelan folksinger Alí Primera (1942-1985) became intertwined with Venezuelan politics, both during his lifetime and posthumously. Alí’s ‘Necessary Songs’ offered cultural resources that enabled Chávez to connect with pre-existing patterns of grassroots activism in ways that resonated deeply with the poor and marginalised masses. Official support for Alí’s legacy led the songs to be used in new ways in the Chávez period, as Venezuelans actively engaged with them to redefine themselves in relation to the state and to reach new understandings of their place within a changed society. This book is essential reading not only for those interested in popular music and politics, but for all those seeking to better understand how Chávez was able to successfully identify himself so profoundly with the  Venezuelan masses, and they with him.

Hazel Marsh is Lecturer in the School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies at the University of East Anglia, UK. She has researched, and published on, popular music and the Mexican student movement, Venezuelan cultural policy in the Chávez period, resistance music in Oaxaca, Mexico, and representations of British Gypsies. 

Introduction: Popular Music and Politics in Latin America.- 1. Latin American New Song in the 1960s: The Leftist Revival of Folk Traditions.- 2. The Development of New Song in Venezuela in the 1970s: Alí Primera and Canción Necesaria.- 3. Collective Memories of Alí Primera in the Late Punto Fijo Period (1985-1989).- 4. Hugo Chávez and Alí Primera in the 1990s: ‘together in hope and song’.- 5. Alí Primera and Venezuelan Cultural Policy in the Twenty-First Century.- 6. Alí Primera’s Canción Necesaria and Chavismo.- Conclusion: Latin American New Song: An Enduring Legacy.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Palgrave Studies in the History of Subcultures and Popular Music
Zusatzinfo 8 Illustrations, color; 2 Illustrations, black and white; IX, 239 p. 10 illus., 8 illus. in color.
Verlagsort Basingstoke
Sprache englisch
Maße 148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Musik
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Kulturgeschichte
Schlagworte Cultural Politics • history of music • Latin American History • Social Movements • Twentieth century
ISBN-10 1-349-84579-5 / 1349845795
ISBN-13 978-1-349-84579-8 / 9781349845798
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