Contents
- 1. Why Study Mexican Music?
- 2. Defining and Listening to Mexican Music
- 3. Pre-Cortesian and Indigenous Music, Past and Present
- 4. Majesty, Machismo, Mestizaje and Other Legacies of the Vice Kingdom of New Spain
- 5. Colonial Legacies and Regional Responses: Sones Regionales
- 6. Sound Foundations for Independence
- 7. Immigration and Cosmopolitan Identity During the Porfiriato
- 8. Gifts of the Revolution
- 9. Cinema, Radio and the Celebrity Cantante
- 10. New Song and Rock Mexicano
- 11. Competing Popular Styles
- 12. Classical Contemporary Music: New Frames for New Audiences
- 13. A Despedida and Closing Reflections