Sounds of Crossing: Music, Migration, and the Aural Poetics of Huapango Arribeño

by Alex E. Chavez

Book Overview

In Sounds of Crossing Alex E. Ch vez explores the contemporary politics of Mexican migrant cultural expression manifest in the sounds and poetics of huapango arribe o, a musical genre originating from north-central Mexico. Following the resonance of huapango's improvisational performance within the lives of audiences, musicians, and himself-from New Year's festivities in the highlands of Guanajuato, Mexico, to backyard get-togethers along the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822370182
• ISBN13: 9780822370185
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.0"