Chilean New Song: The Political Power of Music, 1960s - 1973 by McSherry, J. Patrice

Chilean New Song: The Political Power of Music, 1960s - 1973 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781439911525)

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Chilean New Song: The Political Power of Music, 1960s - 1973 by McSherry, J. Patrice

Chilean New Song: The Political Power of Music, 1960s - 1973

$45.95
Chilean New Song: The Political Power of Music, 1960s - 1973 by McSherry, J. Patrice

Chilean New Song: The Political Power of Music, 1960s - 1973

$45.95
Format: Paperback
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Chilean New Song (la Nueva Canción chilena) entranced and uplifted a country that struggled for social change during the turbulent 1960s and early 1970s, until the 1973 coup that overthrew democratic socialist president Salvador Allende. This powerful musical style-with its poetic lyrics and haunting blend of traditional indigenous wind and stringed instruments-was born of and expressed the aspirations of rising classes. It promised a socially just future as it forged social bonding.

In Chilean New Song, J. Patrice McSherry deftly combines a political-historical view of Chile with a narrative of its cultural development. She examines the democratizing power of this music and, through interviews with key protagonists, the social roles of politically committed artists who participated in a movement for change. McSherry explores the impact of Chilean New Song and the way this artistic/cultural phenomenon related to contemporary politics to capture the passion, pain, and hope of millions of Chileans.


Author: J. Patrice McSherry
ISBN-10: 1439911525
ISBN-13: 9781439911525
Publisher: Temple University Press
Language: English
Published: 05/01/2015
Pages: 254
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.60d

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By J. Patrice McSherry
By J. Patrice McSherry
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J. Patrice McSherry is a Professor of Political Science at Long Island University and a Visiting Professor at Alberto Hurtado University in Santiago. She is the author of Predatory States: Operation Condor and Covert War in Latin America and Incomplete Transition: Military Power and Democracy in Argentina and the co-editor (with John Ehrenberg, José Ramón Sánchez, and Caroleen Marji Sayej) of The Iraq Papers.

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