The Inevitable Bandstand (eBook, ePUB)
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| Partner: | buecher.de |
| Hersteller: | UNP - Nebraska (Heath, Charles V.) |
| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
Produktbeschreibung
In the hands of the state, music is a political tool. The Banda de Música del Estado de Oaxaca (State Band of Oaxaca, BME), a civil organization nearly as old as the modern state of Oaxaca itself, offers unique insights into the history of a modern political state.In The Inevitable Bandstand, Charles V. Heath examines the BME´s role as a part of popular political culture that the state of Oaxaca has deployed in an attempt to bring unity and order to its domain. The BME has always served multiple functions: it arose from musical groups that accompanied military forces as they trained and fought; today it performs at village patron saint days and at Mexico´s patriotic celebrations, propagating religions both sacred and civic; it offers education in the ways of liberal democracy to its population, once largely illiterate; and finally, it provides respite from the burdens of life by performing at strictly diversionary functions such as serenades and Sunday matinees.In each of...
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