Sound, Image, and National Imaginary in the Construction of Latin/o American Identities (eBook)

Héctor Fernández L'Hoeste is professor in the Department of World Languages and Cultures at Georgia State University.Pablo Vila is Professor of Sociology at Temple University.

ContentsIntroductionChapter One: The National Symbols of Costa Rica: A Decolonial ApproachMaría Isabel Carvajal ArayaChapter Two: Another Look at the History of Tango: The Intimate Connection of Rural and Urban Music in Argentina at the Beginning of the Twentieth CenturyJulia Chindemi and Pablo VilaChapter Three: Nationalisms and Anti-indigenismos: Rudolph Holzmann and His Contribution to a “Peruvian” MusicRaúl R. RomeroChapter Four: Music and Cartoons in Brazil: Complementarity in the Representation of National IdentityWaldomiro Vergueiro and Geisa Fernandes, translated by Ricardo NogueiraChapter Five: Divergent Imaginaries of the Nation in the New Chilean Pop of the 1980sJuan Pablo González, translated by Peggy Westwell and Pablo VilaChapter Six: Cumbias of the Crisis: A Hauntology of Modern UruguayMatthew J. Van HooseChapter Seven: On the Rise of Middle-Class Vallenato: The Recreation of the National in a Commodified Musical GenreHéctor Fernández L’HoesteChapter Eight: Dancing Palimpsests: “Bailando” and the Choreographing of Cuba’s International ImageSusan ThomasChapter Nine: Marc Anthony 3.0: Toward a Critical Salsa RománticaFrances R. AparicioAbout the EditorsAbout the Contributors