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García, L. (2008). Music, Dance, and Kinship: Baile as Shared Substance Among Diasporic Mexicans in Quincy. Retrieved from http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_migr_etd-4361
In this thesis I argue that a weekly baile (dance) in Quincy, Florida, constitutes a symbolic process of unification in the Mexican diaspora and that music functions as a symbol of shared substance in the creation of kinship. I examine the lives of some of the people who make up the Mexican diasporic community of Quincy and musical performance and social issues found in the community. I also discuss processes of reciprocity involved in the creation of musical symbolism, which creates a shared substance on which new kin relationships are established.
Mexican Music, TROPI-NORTEÑO, Cumbia, Social Drama
Date of Defense
August 20, 2008.
Submitted Note
A Thesis submitted to the College of Music in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Music.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references.
Advisory Committee
Dale A. Olsen, Professor Directing Thesis; Frank Gunderson, Committee Member; Joseph Hellweg, Outside Committee Member.
Publisher
Florida State University
Identifier
FSU_migr_etd-4361
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García, L. (2008). Music, Dance, and Kinship: Baile as Shared Substance Among Diasporic Mexicans in Quincy. Retrieved from http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_migr_etd-4361
