Documents counterimperialism in Chilean music since the 1960s
Gringos Get Rich: Anti-Americanism in Chilean Music examines
anti-Americanism in Latin America as manifested in Chilean music in
recent history. From a folk-based movement in the 1960s and early
1970s to underground punk rock groups during the Pinochet regime,
to socially conscious hip-hop artists of postdictatorship Chile,
Chilean music has followed several left-leaning transnational
musical trends to grapple with Chile’s fluctuating relationship
with the United States. Eunice Rojas’s innovative analysis
introduces US readers to a wide swath of Chilean musicians and
their powerful protest songs and provides a representative and long
view of the negative influences of the United States in Latin
America. Much of the criticism of the United States in Chile’s
music centers on the perception of the United States as a
heavy-handed source of capitalist imperialism that is exploitative
of and threatening to Chile’s poor and working-class public and
to Chilean cultural independence and integrity. Rojas incorporates
Antonio Gramsci’s theories about the difficulties of struggles
for cultural power within elitist capitalist systems to explore
anti-Americanism and anti-capitalist music. Ultimately, Rojas shows
how the music from various genres, time periods, and political
systems attempts to act as a counterhegemonic alternative to
Chile’s political, cultural, and economic status quo. Rojas’s
insight is timely as a political trend toward the right continues
in the Americas. There is also increased interest in and acceptance
of popular song lyrics as literary texts. The book will appeal to
Latin Americanists, ethnomusicologists, scholars of popular culture
and international relations, students, and general readers.
General
Imprint: |
The University of Alabama Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
November 2023 |
Authors: |
Eunice Rojas
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
244 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8173-2170-3 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-8173-2170-5 |
Barcode: |
9780817321703 |
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