Subject Term: Central America and Cultural identity

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Collection:: Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:: Ritter,Jonathan, (Author)
Format:: Journal Article
Publication Date:: 2011-01-01
Location:: African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Journal Title:: Popular music and society
Journal Title Details:: 34(5) : 571-592
Notes:: Against the backdrop of a tremendous surge in ethnic identity politics and social movement organizing over the last two decades in Ecuador, two complementary musical trends are explored that have emerged in reference to the country's Afro-Ecuadorian population. The first showcases the traditional music and dance of the marimba as a symbol of Afro-Ecuadorian identity. The second features numerous popular music fusions of the marimba repertoire with genres including rock, salsa, reggaetón, and more, with broad appeal to audiences throughout the country and beyond.

Collection:: Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:: Marcano,Soraya, (Author)
Format:: Book, Section
Publication Date:: 01/01; 2011
Location:: African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Journal Title:: Collected Work: Island songs: A global repertoire.Pages: 19-36.(AN: 2011-12098).
Notes:: Caribbean identity is informed by the condition of being islands and also by its sociopolitical conditions of colonialism, (e)migration, and pluralism. The uncertainty of not being grounded to the specificity of place is in conflict with generalized notions of nation and cultural identity. As people migrate, they create shifting identities following the process of addition and flux that has characterized the region. Cultural identity and migration are central issues in songs, which play a key role of lending continuity to culture and reconstructing symbols.

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