Mediterranean Musicscapes in Contemporary Spain

From Mosaic to Net

Kiko Mora

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Year: 2024
• ISBN:
  9798765102121
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Media & Performing Arts
• Subtopic: Music History & Criticism

This volume focuses on the musicscapes that contest, critique, and rethink Mediterraneidad (Mediterraneaness) in Contemporary Spain, and understands it as a fluid and elusive sociological, cultural, and artistic category. The volume argues that since the 1990s we have witnessed a shift in which the mythical image of "Mediterranean harmony" has been superseded by the net: a figure that represents the linking of urban nodes and trans governmental networks, migratory movements, and cultural fluidity. Further, this book assesses how Mediterraneidad became, within the realm of music, the site and sign of a diverse array of social issues such as the formulation of Catalan, Valencian, Andalusian, and Mallorcan national identities, with the 2017 Catalan Independence process taking center stage. Using diverse methodologies-data-driven sociological approaches; ethnographic and anthropological tools; feminist and gender theories-the authors also address the rapidly changing social landscape that started in the 1980s due to global migrations as well as the dismantling of traditional gender dynamics.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-Title
• Dedication
• Title
• Contents
• List of Illustrations
• Acknowledgments
• General Map
• General Introduction: Surfing the Mediterranean: Place, Identity, and the Politics of Music in Contemporary Spain
• Part I Tourism
• Introduction
• 1 “Mediterráneamente”: Music Festivals as Industry, Utopia, and Experience of Place
• 2 Against Neoliberalism: Anti-Tourism and Musical Practices in a Mediterranean Paradise
• Part II Nationalism
• Introduction
• 3 Music as Political Activism in the Comarques Centrals del País Valencià: Social Justice, Identity, and Rock
• 4 “We Will Find a Way Out”: Catalan World Music, Mestizaje, and Political Engagement
• Part III Migration
• Introduction
• 5 How Mediterranean Is Andalusian Popular Music? (Re)thinking Identities, Migrations, and Dreams
• 6 An Overview of Music from the Maghreb and Maghrebi Musicians in the Spanish Mediterranean Arc
• Part IV Gender
• Introduction
• 7 “Proud of Me,” The New Catalan Cantautoras: Singing Belonging Beyond the Mediterranean
• 8 Bridging Gender Gaps in the Mediterranean Music Scene: Celebrating the Women Singer-Songwriters of the Cançó
• List of Contributors
• Index
• Copyright