Sound, Image, and National Imaginary in the Construction of Latin/o American Identities.

Cover -- Sound, Image, and National Imaginary in the Construction of Latin/o American Identities -- Sound, Image, and National Imaginary in the Construction of Latin/o American Identities -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Works Cited -- Chapter 1 -- The National Symbols of Costa Rica -- Introduction -- A Brief Historic Background -- The National Anthem Of Costa Rica -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Chapter 2 -- Another Look at the History of Tango -- River Plate Music, The First Tangos, And PorteÑo Identity -- The Rise Of Rural Rhythms In The Late 1920s And Early 1930s: The Milonga Campera And The Ranchera -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Chapter 3 -- Nationalisms and Anti-Indigenismos -- Works Cited -- Chapter 4 -- Music and Cartoons in Brazil -- Introduction: A Few Words On Popular Culture -- Brazilian Music, Comics, And The Brazilian National Imaginary -- The Representation Of Brazilian Music In National Comics -- Final Considerations -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Chapter 5 -- Divergent Imaginaries of the Nation in the New Chilean Pop of the 1980s -- Symbolic Divergence -- Avant-garde And Mass Culture -- Sonic Situationism -- Anti-hegemonic Eclecticism -- Divergent Avant-garde Pop -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Chapter 6 -- Cumbias of the Crisis -- Montevideo, Uruguay: August 2, 2002 -- (Un)heimlich -- Unhomely Modernities -- The Uruguayan (un)homely: Batlle's Dream, Sarmiento's Nightmare -- Montevideo, Uruguay: August 2, 2002 -- Cumbias Del Inconsciente -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Chapter 7 -- On the Rise of Middle-Class Vallenato -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Chapter 8 -- Dancing Palimpsests -- Dancing In Havana: The Origins Of A Latin-crossover Hit -- Version I (bueno, Gente De Zona) -- Version Ii (iglesias, Bueno, Gente De Zona) -- Version Iii (iglesias, Bueno, Gente De Zona, Sean Paul).

Version Iv (iglesias, Bueno, Gente De Zona, Luan Santana) -- Version V (iglesias, Bueno, Gente De Zona, Mickael Carreira) -- Unauthorized World Cup Version -- Impact -- Understanding -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Chapter 9 -- Sounding the Image and Imaging the Sound -- Rethinking Salsa RomÁntica -- The (racialized) Global King Of Salsa -- The Sonic Palimpsest -- Imaging The Sound: The Politics Of The Veil -- Re-reading Love -- Conclusion -- Note -- Works Cited -- Index -- About the Editors -- About the Contributors.

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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