Modernity and Colombian Identity in the Music of Carlos Vives y La Provincia

Travels to the Land of Oblivion

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Modernity and Colombian Identity in the Music of Carlos Vives y La Provincia

Travels to the Land of Oblivion

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By the late 1980s and early 1990s, a great number of TV shows and music acts blossomed in Colombia, all of which resorted to regional identity as the narrative core for a renewed idea of national identity. Among them was “Clasicos de la provincial,” an album by Colombian singer Carlos Vives and his band La Provincia (1993), which marked the beginning of a successful career that has spanned nearly three decades. Vives´s work not only earned much deserved recognition in the musical industry from the beginning, but most importantly, has come to be renowned as a landmark in the cultural history of Colombia. This book is the first in-depth analysis focused on the creation and production process of Vives´s work, its main musical and literary features, and its influence on other musicians and in the construction of a narrative about national identity that is still relevant today. More than fifty interviews with Vives and members of the band, musicians, journalists, radio programmers, musical producers, and other key players of the process, together with an extensive review of hundreds of documents, are the sources for this book, which earned its authors a national award in Colombia (2015).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction



Part I: Concepts and Context



Chapter 1: Conceptual Aspects

Chapter 2: Travel Itineraries: The Eight Albums



Part II: Analysis of the Production Process



Chapter 3: The Sonic and the Musical

Chapter 4: Texts, Images, and Mise-en-Scène



Part III: Echoes



Chapter 5: Carlos Vives and La Provincia “On the Air”: Youth-Oriented Radio Stations

Chapter 6: Some Appropriations: “New” Columbian Music and Tropipop

Chapter 7: Conclusions

Epilogue

Appendix: Methodological, Technical, and Ethical Aspects

Works Cited

About the Authors

Product details

Published Jul 24 2020
Format Ebook (PDF)
Edition 1st
Extent 1
ISBN 9798216241867
Imprint Lexington Books
Illustrations 2 tables; 1 graph; 8 charts
Series Music, Culture, and Identity in Latin America
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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