Music and Identity in Paraguay: Expressing National, Racial, and Class Identity in Guitar Music Culture

Krüger Bridge, S (2022) Music and Identity in Paraguay: Expressing National, Racial, and Class Identity in Guitar Music Culture. Journal of the Royal Musical Association, 147 (1). pp. 1-49. ISSN 0269-0403

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Abstract

This article illustrates, with particular focus on Rolando Chaparro’s rock fusion album Bohemio (2009), the way that music operates in expressing Paraguayan national, racial, and class identity. It first reviews the literature on music and identity more generally, and music and identity in Paraguay more specifically. It then explores expressions of nationalism and paraguayidad in folkloric “popular” musics (música popular), and the concept of raza Guaraní in the construction, maintenance, and expression of identity. Finally, it explores three waves of Barrios revival (1950s, 1970s, early noughties) and people’s class consciousness before arriving at the article’s conclusions.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	1904 Performing Arts and Creative Writing
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races M Music and Books on Music > M Music M Music and Books on Music > MT Musical instruction and study
Divisions:	Humanities and Social Science
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Date of acceptance:	21 December 2020
Date of first compliant Open Access:	4 January 2021
Date Deposited:	04 Jan 2021 13:15
Last Modified:	26 Aug 2022 11:00
DOI or ID number:	10.1017/rma.2022.11
Editors:	Jarman, F
URI:	https://ljmu-9.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/14204

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