Youth Identities and Argentine Popular Music: Beyond Tango

Semán, P.; Vila, P.

This book analyzes the music that young porteñas/os (the inhabitants of Buenos Aires, Argentina) actually listen to nowadays, which, contrary to well-entrenched stereotypes, is not tango but rock nacional, cumbiaand romantic music. Chapters examine the music and what the Argentinean youth use it to say about themselves.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2012-04-24

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230104631

DOI: 10.1057/9781137011527

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 191