Debating the past
Subtitle: music, memory, and identity in the Andes
By: Raúl R. Romero
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 188
Subjects: Music -- Peru -- History and criticism; Folk music -- Andes Region -- History and criticism; Music -- Social aspects -- Peru
Description: "Debating the Past explores how the people of the Mantaro Valley have addressed concerns over the loss of ancient traditions by restructuring colonial and pre-Hispanic traditions into new contexts and forms within the festival system and dance-drama. Covering private and public music making, along with ritual, ceremonial, and popular uses of music, Romero conducts an in-depth study of the interaction of music and identity.

This volume describes a modern regional culture as it struggles to build a distinct cultural identity through the diversity of musical styles. This book will be invaluable to ethnomusicologists and anthropologists interested in Latin America."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes