Musical Mobilities: Son Jarocho and the Circulation of Tradition Across Mexico and the United States

by Alejandro Miranda Nieto

Book Overview

How do musical practices move? Though technology increasingly plays a great part in establishing different degrees of spatial proximity, music making still seems to be tied to specific geographical locations, cultures or communities. The identity of musical traditions, in particular, is often demarcated by a presumed degree of uniformity amongst its practitioners.

Musical Mobilities analyses how a musical tradition moves literally and metaphorically:...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367371189
• ISBN13: 9780367371180
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"