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Texas-Mexican popular music and dancing: some notes on history and symbolic process
Latin American music review • 4 (2) • Published In 1983 • Pages: 229-246
By: Limón, José Eduardo.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Thi is a largely theoretical analysis of Mexican American dance and music. Little is known about Mexican American dancing before the 19th century. Polka was introduced in the 1840s, and became popular along with other European and mestizo forms such as the SHOTÍ and HUANPANGO. In the 1920s, the waltz became popular in urban areas. Musical groups include the small band, or CONJUNTO, which inlcudes an accordion, guitar, and drums; and the big band, which includes wind and brass instruments, guitars, and electric keyboards. Along with polkas both bands play slow tempo BOLEROS and rhythmic dances such as CUMBIAS.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Music
- Musical instruments
- Dance
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Chicanos
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 2001
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- Not Specified
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1750-1955
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Texas, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- José E. Limón
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 244-246)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 80644355
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mexican Americans