“Now We're Actually Playing Music”: Sones and Parental Transformation in Mexican Chicago
Joseph Maurer
Abstract:The US-based revival of Mexican sones has received increased scholarly attention in the past two decades, primarily focused on the music's capacity for community formation and political activism among young adults. This article examines a different side of the son revival: parents and young children at a recently established Mexican Music School in Chicago. This type of institution—nongovernmental, but more formalized than traditional community transmission—is proliferating across many ethnic communities and m… Show more
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