http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/rss/books/RSS.xml The latest new books in Latin American Studies en-us Sat, 25 May 2013 05:00:00 GMT 1440 http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/G/bo14365483.html Exploring Peru’s lively music industry and the studio producers, radio DJs, and program directors that drive it, Gentleman Troubadours and Andean Pop Stars is a fascinating account of the deliberate development of artistic taste. Focusing on popular huayno music and the ways it has been promoted to Peru’s emerging middle class, Joshua Tucker tells a complex story of identity making and the marketing forces entangled with it, providing crucial insights into the dynamics among art, class, and ethnicity that reach far beyond the Andes.&#160;Tucker focuses on the music of Ayacucho, Peru, examining how media workers and intellectuals there transformed the city’s huayno music into the country’s most popular style. By marketing contemporary huayno against its traditional counterpart, these agents, Tucker argues, have paradoxically reinforced ethnic hierarchies at the same time that they have challenged them. Navigating between a burgeoning Andean bourgeoisie and a music industry eager to sell them symbols of newfound sophistication, Gentleman Troubadours and Andean Pop Stars is a deep account of the real people behind cultural change. <div>Exploring Peru&rsquo;s lively music industry and the studio producers, radio DJs, and program directors that drive it, <i>Gentleman Troubadours and Andean Pop Stars</i> is a fascinating account of the deliberate development of artistic taste. Focusing on popular huayno music and the ways it has been promoted to Peru&rsquo;s emerging middle class, Joshua Tucker tells a complex story of identity making and the marketing forces entangled with it, providing crucial insights into the dynamics among art, class, and ethnicity that reach far beyond the Andes.</div><div>&#160;</div><div>Tucker focuses on the music of Ayacucho, Peru, examining how media workers and intellectuals there transformed the city&rsquo;s huayno music into the country&rsquo;s most popular style. By marketing contemporary huayno against its traditional counterpart, these agents, Tucker argues, have paradoxically reinforced ethnic hierarchies at the same time that they have challenged them. Navigating between a burgeoning Andean bourgeoisie and a music industry eager to sell them symbols of newfound sophistication, <i>Gentleman Troubadours and Andean Pop Stars</i> is a deep account of the real people behind cultural change.</div> Latin American Studies Media Studies Music: Ethnomusicology Tue, 23 Apr 2013 05:00:00 GMT Joshua Tucker 9780226923963 http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/M/bo15482505.html Until the year 2000, when Vicente Fox of the National Action Party won the presidential election, Mexico was ruled by one of the most enduring autocratic regimes of the twentieth century, the Institutional Revolutionary Party. Here Roger Bartra chronicles the key moments that led to the Mexican transition to democracy and reflects on the different aspects of civic culture, the political process, and electoral struggles that played a role in that journey. Bartra also explores the setbacks that have plagued the nation since Fox’s election, including the war on drug trafficking, and offers some insightful conclusions about Mexico’s political future. <div>Until the year 2000, when Vicente Fox of the National Action Party won the presidential election, Mexico was ruled by one of the most enduring autocratic regimes of the twentieth century, the Institutional Revolutionary Party. Here Roger Bartra chronicles the key moments that led to the Mexican transition to democracy and reflects on the different aspects of civic culture, the political process, and electoral struggles that played a role in that journey. Bartra also explores the setbacks that have plagued the nation since Fox&rsquo;s election, including the war on drug trafficking, and offers some insightful conclusions about Mexico&rsquo;s political future.</div><br> Latin American Studies Political Science : American Government and Politics : Classic Political Thought : Comparative Politics : Diplomacy, Foreign Policy, and International Relations : Judicial Politics : Political Behavior and Public Opinion : Political and Social Theory : Public Policy : Race and Politics : Urban Politics Fri, 15 Mar 2013 05:00:00 GMT Roger Bartra 9780708325537