Música tejana : the cultural economy of artistic transformation / Manuel Peña. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peña, Manuel H., 1942-

Peäna, Manuel H., Author.

Series:

University of Houston series in Mexican American studies ; no. 1

University of Houston series in Mexican American studies Mâusica tejana

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mexican Americans--Texas--Music--History and criticism.

Mexican Americans.

Tejano music--Texas--History and criticism.

Tejano music.

Tejano music--History and criticism.

Tejano music--History and criticism--Texas--Music.

Mexican Americans--History and criticism.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 239 p. ) ill. ;

Place of Publication:

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Pena traces the history of musica tejana from the fandangos and bailes of the nineteenth century through the cancion ranchera and the politically informed corrido to the most recent forms of Tejano music.

Contents:

Introduction: Music as culture and as spectacle

Music of the nineteenth century: An overview

Vocal music of the twentieth century

The Texas-Mexican conjunto

The Orquesta Tejana

Le Onda Chicana: Pinnacle of the Orquesta tradition

Tejano: Music of the Post-Chicano Era

Selected discography.

Notes:

Includes discography (p. 219-221), bibliographical references (p. 223-232), and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-585-38092-9