Abstract
This chapter explores the difficult relationship between the ideas of appropriation, dispossession, authenticity, and sincerity behind any trans-ethnic musical borrowing. Through a critique of El Gringo, an Anglo musician who has developed a musical persona through the adoption of Nuevomexicana music, the author problematizes Madrid's notion of "dialectical soundings" suggesting that music and its performance might not only make visible hidden social stories and experiences, but in fact could also work as an active force in some processes of cultural and ethnic erasure.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Transnational Encounters |
| Subtitle of host publication | Music and Performance at the U.S.-Mexico Border |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780199918607 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780199735921 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 28 2011 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- El gringo
- Erasure
- New mexico
- Trans-ethnicity
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Arts and Humanities