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Cultural Nationalism and Ethnic Music in Latin America Cultural Nationalism and Ethnic Music in Latin America EDITED BY WILLIAM H. BEEZLEY University of New Mexico Press • Albuquerque © 2018 by the University of New Mexico Press All rights reserved. Published 2018 Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Beezley, William H. Title: Cultural Nationalism and Ethnic Music in Latin America / edited by William H. Beezley. Description: Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2018. | Includes index. | Identifiers: LCCN 2018001023 (print) | LCCN 2018005450 (e-book) | ISBN 9780826359766 (e-book) | ISBN 9780826359759 (pbk.: alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: Music—Latin America—History and criticism. | Nationalism in music. Classification: LCC ML3917.L27 (e-book) | LCC ML3917.L27 C85 2018 (print) | DDC 780.98—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018001023 Front cover illustration: courtesy of Nicola Heindl-Watson Back cover: used with permission of the Brazilian artist D. Souza and the Champion Folk Art collection Title page illustrations: courtesy of Nicola Heindl-Watson Designed by Lisa Tremaine Composed in ITC Cushing This volume is dedicated to Matthew Beezley and his brother Nichols and cousins Max and Virginia and, como siempre, to Blue CONTENTS Acknowledgments ix Introduction. The Rise of Cultural Nationalism and its Musical Expressions 1 William H. Beezley Chapter 1. Music and National Identity in Mexico, 1919–1940 29 William H. Beezley Chapter 2. La Hora Industrial vs. La Hora Intima: Mexican Music and Broadcast Media Before 1934 45 Sonia Robles Chapter 3. Guatemalan National Identity and Popular Music 67 William H. Beezley Chapter 4. Cuban Music: Afro-Cubanism 81 Alejo Carpentier Chapter 5. An Accidental Hero [Cuban Singer in the Special Period] 93 Jan Fairley Chapter 6. Cuzcatlán (El Salvador) and Maria de Baratta’s Nahualismo 97 Robin Sacolick Chapter 7. Cumandá: A Leitmotiv in Ecuadorian Operas? Musical Nationalism and Representation of Indigenous People 129 Ketty Wong Chapter 8. Dueling Bandoneones: Tango and Folk Music in Argentina’s Musical Nationalism 149 Carolyne Ryan Larson vii viii CONTENTS Chapter 9. Carnival as Brazil’s “Tropical Opera”: Resistance to Rio’s Samba in the Carnivals of Recife and Salvador, 1960s–1970s 179 Jerry D. Metz Jr. Chapter 10. The Opera Manchay Puytu: A Cautionary Tale Regarding Mestizos in Twentieth-Century Highland Bolivia 219 E. Gabrielle Kuenzli Chapter 11. Sounding Modern Identity in Mexican Film 227 Janet Sturman and Jennifer Jenkins Contributors 255 Index 259 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS An anthology such as this one only comes to life from the efforts of the vari- ous contributors who trust that their efforts will result in something greater than the sum of its various parts. I am confident that these essays have resulted in something much greater than simply a collection of chapters on this theme. Together the essays provide a mosaic that offers a basic introduc- tion to the twin themes of music and national identity and melodies and ethnic identification. Of course, they do not offer the last word on these top- ics, but they do provide a fascinating introduction to both. Not all of the Latin American countries are represented here, nor are all the ethnicities present, but the selections offer introductory slices of the multitude of topics on national and ethnic identity that exists in the region. Acknowledgments must begin with recognition of the contributors. Fol- lowing close after them, the executive editor of the University of New Mexico Press, Clark Whitehorn, whose general patience and positive support makes working through the publication process both a learning and a pleasurable experience. Graduate and undergraduate students at the University of Arizona partic- ipated in this volume by listening to lectures and discussing the themes pre- sented here. In particular, Luis Coronado, Natasha Verner, Claire Perrott, Osciel Salazar, Cristina Urias Espinosa, Allison Huntley, and Cony Marquez Sandoval have added considerably to this study of music, nationalism, and ethnicity. The images on the back cover by the Brazilian artist D. Souza come from the Champion Folk Art collection and the photographs were taken by Cheryle Champion. ix
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