“Argentina is cumbia”: Sociocultural Trajectories of Young “Cumbieros” in Urban Peripheries

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Silba, Malvina Leonor
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2017
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This article analyses the sociocultural trajectories of a group of young men with a low socioeconomic status, all cumbia musicians and producers. The cumbia is one of Argentina’s most popular music genres due to its mass dissemination and the social class of the people who have historically enjoyed it. The tension between agency and structure and the relationship between class and culture will be the main themes explored in this article. By focusing on the family, education and work trajectories of these youths, I examine their relationship to cumbia music. Who chooses to become a cumbia musician, and why? I also examine the meanings of “good” versus “bad” music” and the aesthetic and moral parameters used for its definition. This brings me to class belonging and how it shapes musical choices and facilitates disruptive trajectories. The article is based on biographical interviews conducted between 2012 and 2014, combined with participant observation at cumbia dance clubs in Greater Buenos Aires.
Fil: Silba, Malvina Leonor. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Instituto de Altos Estudios Sociales; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Instituto de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales; Argentina
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POPULAR MUSIC
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv “Argentina is cumbia”: Sociocultural Trajectories of Young “Cumbieros” in Urban Peripheries
title “Argentina is cumbia”: Sociocultural Trajectories of Young “Cumbieros” in Urban Peripheries
spellingShingle “Argentina is cumbia”: Sociocultural Trajectories of Young “Cumbieros” in Urban Peripheries
Silba, Malvina Leonor
POPULAR MUSIC
SOCIO-CULTURAL TRAJECTORIES
CLASS-CULTURE
AGENCY-STRUCTURE
title_short “Argentina is cumbia”: Sociocultural Trajectories of Young “Cumbieros” in Urban Peripheries
title_full “Argentina is cumbia”: Sociocultural Trajectories of Young “Cumbieros” in Urban Peripheries
title_fullStr “Argentina is cumbia”: Sociocultural Trajectories of Young “Cumbieros” in Urban Peripheries
title_full_unstemmed “Argentina is cumbia”: Sociocultural Trajectories of Young “Cumbieros” in Urban Peripheries
title_sort “Argentina is cumbia”: Sociocultural Trajectories of Young “Cumbieros” in Urban Peripheries
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Silba, Malvina Leonor
author Silba, Malvina Leonor
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv POPULAR MUSIC
SOCIO-CULTURAL TRAJECTORIES
CLASS-CULTURE
AGENCY-STRUCTURE
topic POPULAR MUSIC
SOCIO-CULTURAL TRAJECTORIES
CLASS-CULTURE
AGENCY-STRUCTURE
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.4
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv This article analyses the sociocultural trajectories of a group of young men with a low socioeconomic status, all cumbia musicians and producers. The cumbia is one of Argentina’s most popular music genres due to its mass dissemination and the social class of the people who have historically enjoyed it. The tension between agency and structure and the relationship between class and culture will be the main themes explored in this article. By focusing on the family, education and work trajectories of these youths, I examine their relationship to cumbia music. Who chooses to become a cumbia musician, and why? I also examine the meanings of “good” versus “bad” music” and the aesthetic and moral parameters used for its definition. This brings me to class belonging and how it shapes musical choices and facilitates disruptive trajectories. The article is based on biographical interviews conducted between 2012 and 2014, combined with participant observation at cumbia dance clubs in Greater Buenos Aires.
Fil: Silba, Malvina Leonor. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Instituto de Altos Estudios Sociales; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Instituto de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales; Argentina
description This article analyses the sociocultural trajectories of a group of young men with a low socioeconomic status, all cumbia musicians and producers. The cumbia is one of Argentina’s most popular music genres due to its mass dissemination and the social class of the people who have historically enjoyed it. The tension between agency and structure and the relationship between class and culture will be the main themes explored in this article. By focusing on the family, education and work trajectories of these youths, I examine their relationship to cumbia music. Who chooses to become a cumbia musician, and why? I also examine the meanings of “good” versus “bad” music” and the aesthetic and moral parameters used for its definition. This brings me to class belonging and how it shapes musical choices and facilitates disruptive trajectories. The article is based on biographical interviews conducted between 2012 and 2014, combined with participant observation at cumbia dance clubs in Greater Buenos Aires.
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