The national symbols of Costa Rica: a decolonial approach / Maria Isabel Carvajal Araya -- Another look at the history of tango: the intimate connection of rural and urban music in Argentina at the beginning of the twentieth century / Julia Chindemi and Pablo Vila -- Nationalisms and anti-indigenismos: Rudolph Holzmann and his contribution to a "Peruvian" music / Raul R. Romero -- Music and cartoons in Brazil: complementarity in the representation of national identity / Waldomiro Vergueiro and Geisa Fernandes, translated by Ricardo Nogueira -- Divergent imaginaries of the nation in the new Chilean pop of the 1980s / Juan Pablo Gonzalez, translated by Peggy Westwell and Pablo Vila -- Cumbias of the crisis: a hauntology of modern Uruguay / Matthew J. van Hoose -- On the rise of middle-class Vallenato: the re-creation of the national in a commodified musical genre / Hector Fernandez l'Hoeste -- Dancing palimpsests: "Bailando" and the choreographing of Cuba's international image / Susan Thomas -- Sounding the image and imaging the sound: Marc Anthony 3.0 and critical salsa romantica / Frances R. Aparicio.
Summary:
This book explores the key role of sound and image in the perception of nations throughout the history of the Americas. It subverts the strict chronology previously upheld by historians regarding the formation of national identities by looking at the development of countries in varied cultural, economic, and political situations.
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