Ethnic and Border Music: A Regional Exploration

by Norm Cohen

Book Overview

Just as American culture has been constructed by people of many ethnicities, roots music in America is multicultural in nature. Native American music resonates from Indigenous traditions of the Great Plains and the American West. Hispanic culture has spawned Border Music styles such as Conjunto and Tejano, while Cajun and Zydeco grew from cultural cross-pollination in the American South. In northern regions, Polish-American musicians popularized...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313331928
• ISBN13: 9780313331923
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.3" x 10.1"