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Author Byrd, Samuel K. (Samuel Kyle), author

Title The sounds of latinidad : immigrants making music and creating culture in a southern city / Samuel K. Byrd
Published New York : New York University Press, [2015]
New York, New York : New York University Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource
Series Social Transformations in American Anthropology
Social transformations in American anthropology.
Contents Charlotte, a globalizing city -- The latin music scene in Charlotte -- Bands making musical communities -- Thursday is Bakalao's day! : bands at work and play -- The collective circle : music and ambivalent politics in Charlotte -- Shifting urban genres -- Race and the expanding borderlands condition -- The festival : marketing latinidad -- Musicians' ethics and aesthetics
Summary The Sounds of Latinidad explores the Latino music scene as a lens through which to understand changing ideas about latinidad in the New South. Focusing on Latino immigrant musicians and their fans in Charlotte, North Carolina, the volume shows how limited economic mobility, social marginalization, and restrictive immigration policies have stymied immigrants' access to the American dream and musicians' dreams of success. Instead, Latin music has become a way to form community, debate political questions, and claim cultural citizenship. The volume illuminates the complexity of Latina/o musicia
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Hispanic Americans -- North Carolina -- Charlotte -- Music -- History and criticism
Latin Americans -- North Carolina -- Charlotte -- Music -- History and criticism
Music -- Social aspects -- North Carolina -- Charlotte
Hispanic Americans -- North Carolina -- Charlotte -- Music -- History and criticism
MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Classical.
MUSIC -- Reference.
Hispanic Americans
Latin Americans -- Music
Music -- Social aspects
North Carolina -- Charlotte
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781479876426
1479876429