Musica Nortena - Mexican Americans Creating a Nation Between Nations

The first history of the music that binds together Mexican immigrant communities

List of contents

Preface 
Acknowledgments 
Introduction 
1. Mexicanidad and Música Norteña in the “Two Mexicos” 
2. Regional Identity, Class, and the Emergence of “Border Music” 
3. Border Culture, Migration, and the Development of Early Música Norteña 
4. Modern Música Norteña and the Undocumented Immigrant 
5. Los Tigres del Norte and the Transnationalization of Música Norteña in the Working-Class Mexican Diaspora 
Conclusion 
Glossary 
References 
Selected Discography 
Interviews 
Index

About the author

Cathy Ragland is an Assistant Professor in Music and the Arts at SUNY/Empire State College. She is a former music critic for the San Antonio Express-News, Seattle Times and Austin American-Statesman, where, among many things, she wrote about Tex-Mex and Norteña music. She is also a former folklorist and co-founder of the Mariachi Academy of New York, an after-school program in East Harlem.

Summary

Musica nortena, a musical genre with its roots in the folk ballad traditions of Northern Mexico and the Texas-Mexican border region, has become a hugely popular musical style in the US, particularly among Mexican immigrants. This title provides a history of this transnational music that has found enormous commercial success in norteamerica.

Product details

• Authors: Catherine Ragland, Cathy Ragland
• Publisher: Temple University Press,U.S.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.05.2009
• EAN: 9781592137466
• ISBN: 978-1-59213-746-6
• No. of pages: 268
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 485 g
• Series: Studies in Latin American and; Studies in Latin America & Car; Studies in Latin America & Caribbean Music; Studies in Latin America & Car; Studies in Latin American and
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries