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Music And The Migrant: A Transnational Account Of Cumbia, Irene L. Mekus
Music And The Migrant: A Transnational Account Of Cumbia, Irene L. Mekus
Audre Lorde Writing Prize
This paper looks into the cultural synthesization and the transnational ties of cumbia between Latin America and the United States. Three case studies look at the story of migrants and their transnational ties through cumbia and are analyzed through an ethnomusicology framework.