| The Texas-Mexican Conjunto: History of a Working-Class Music Contributor(s): Peña, Manuel (Author) |
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ISBN: 029278080X ISBN-13: 9780292780804 Publisher: University of Texas Press OUR PRICE: $23.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1985 Annotation: "This book does a magnificent job of tracing the history of conjunto music and musicians, and does much more.... Pen a presents a highly convincing explanation for conjunto music as an act of working-class self-affirmation and opposition to the upwardly aspirant middle class with its self-consciously Americanized orquesta music.... Fascinating and well-researched." -- American Anthropologist |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Religious - General - Music | Genres & Styles - Folk & Traditional |
| Dewey: 781.726 |
| LCCN: 84027127 |
| Series: Mexican American Monographs |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 5.92" W x 9.08" (0.86 lbs) 234 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Texas - Cultural Region - Mid-South - Cultural Region - South |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A history of conjunto music and musicians. |