Flaco's Legacy The Globalization of Conjunto.

Flaco's Legacy The Globalization of Conjunto.

"A combination of button accordion and bajo sexto, conjunto originated in the Texas-Mexico borderlands as a popular dance music and became a powerful form of regional identity. Today, listeners and musicians around the world have embraced the genre and the work of conjunto masters like Flaco Ji...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Bauer, Erin E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bielefeld : University of Illinois Press, 2023
Series:Music in American Life Series.
Subjects:
Jimenez, Flaco.
Music and globalization.
Conjunto music > History and criticism.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Cover Page
  • Half Title
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: The Globalization of Conjunto
  • The Processes and Implications of Globalization
  • A Brief History of Conjunto
  • Characteristics of Conjunto: "Ay Te Dejo En San Antonio"
  • Outline of Contents
  • Part I: The Migration of Conjunto
  • 1. "We love you, Flaco!": Chicken Skin Music, "Mingomania," and the Inter/national Presentation of Conjunto
  • Globalized Inclusions
  • Flaco Jiménez: Inter/national Tours and Popular Festivals
  • Mingo Saldívar: Nationalist Tours and Folkloric Festivals
  • Steve Jordan: Struggles with Mainstream Recognition
  • Conclusions
  • 2. "Ladies and gentlemen, Dodge presents Flaco Jiménez!": Arhoolie Records, KEDA Radio Jalapeño, and the Mediated Dispersal of Conjunto
  • Theoretical Framework: Globalization through Media
  • Recording Conjunto: Regional Labels
  • Recording Conjunto: Arhoolie Records
  • Recording Conjunto: Arista Texas
  • The Radio Presence of Conjunto: KEDA
  • Conjunto on Television, in Print Media, and Online
  • Conclusions
  • 3. "From Texas to Washington and across to Michigan and Illinois...": Nostalgia and Authenticity in the U.S. American Spread of Conjunto
  • Theoretical Framework: Community and Nostalgia
  • Conjunto in the Midwest: Jesse Ponce
  • Conjunto in the Midwest: Jimmy Bejarano Sr.
  • Conjunto in the Pacific Northwest: Santiago Almeida and Joel Guzman
  • Conjunto in the Southwest: Max Baca and Los Texmaniacs
  • Conjunto in California: Conjunto Califas and Conjunto Los Pochos
  • Conjunto in California: Los Lobos
  • Conclusions
  • Part II: The Hybridization of Conjunto
  • 4. "You have to mix it up!": "Seguro Que Hell Yes," the Texas Tornados, Los Super Seven, and the Cultural Hybridity of Flaco Jiménez
  • The Ambassador: Hybridity in the Works of Flaco Jiménez
  • Collaborative Hybridity: Texas Tornados
  • Cultural Preservation: Los Super Seven
  • Conclusions
  • 5. "I play the jazz accordion!": "Rueda de Fuego (Ring of Fire)," "My Toot Toot," and the Country/Zydeco Influences of Mingo Saldívar and Steve Jordan
  • Mingo Saldívar and "Ring of Fire": The Hybridization of Repertory
  • Mingo Saldívar and "La Margarita": The Hybridization of Sonic Elements
  • "Conjunto music, to me, is like country-western...": The Correspondence of Genre
  • Steve Jordan and "My Toot Toot": More Hybridization of Repertory
  • Steve Jordan and "Grítenme Piedras Del Campo": Further Hybridization of Sonic Elements
  • "Super Fly" vs. Ranchera: The Generic Signification of Clothing
  • Analysis: Identities of Hybridization
  • Conclusions: A Continuum of Genre/Identity
  • 6. "It's jealousy...": Eva Ybarra and the Hybrid Offerings of Women in Conjunto
  • Women in Conjunto: Eva Ybarra
  • Women in Conjunto: Susan Torres
  • The Globalization of Female Vocalists
  • Conclusions

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