The Mexican American Orquesta: Music, Culture, and the Dialectic of Conflict

by Manuel H. Peña

Book Overview

The Mexican American orquesta is neither a Mexican nor an American music. Relying on both the Mexican orquesta and the American dance band for repertorial and stylistic cues, it forges a synthesis of the two. The ensemble emerges historically as a powerful artistic vehicle for the expression of what Manuel Pe a calls the "dialectic of conflict." Grounded in ethnic and class conflict, this dialectic compels the orquesta and its upwardly mobile advocates...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292765878
• ISBN13: 9780292765870
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"