Making popular music in Cuba: A study of the Cuban institutions of musical production and the musical life of Santiago de Cuba

This is a study of the effect of revolutionary political and economic change on musical life and style in Cuba. Part I discusses questions of theory and methodology. The problem is best approached by a comparison of the institutional structure of music making and an ethnographic study, in this case, of Santiago de Cuba. The two may be compared by examination of system, of classification, or musical taxonomy. Part II describes institutional structures pertaining to general cultural policy, the employment of musicians, mass media, systems of evaluation. Mass organizations which include musicians are also discussed, particularly with respect to their role in mediating distinctions of professionals and amateurs. Part III describes musical life in Santiago. Types of venues and groups are discussed; and they provide the background for an analysis of musical genres. This analysis focusses on the ways in which distinctions among genres are made, and notes how not only musical genres, but the criteria to by which they are classified are means of establishing social identities and distinctions. Part IV summarizes some of the ways in which institutional structures and musical life are related, and considers especially the relation between institutional and non-institutional systems of classification. Some note is also made of stylistic change, and the extent to which it may be attributed to revolutionary social change.*

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Music

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Robbins, James Lawrence

Contributors dc:contributor

• Nettl, Bruno

• Anthropology, Cultural
• Music
• Sociology, Social Structure and Development

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1990 Robbins, James Lawrence

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9114389
(UMI)AAI9114389

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/20607