“The Miami Sound”: A Contemporary Latin Form of Place-Specific Music

Rural Place Attachment in Hispano Urban Centers*

“…Unfortunately, place-specific analysis of ethnic music has been largely ignored by geographers (Curtis and Rose 1983). Unfortunately, place-specific analysis of ethnic music has been largely ignored by geographers (Curtis and Rose 1983).…”

The Geography of the Beatles: Approaching Concepts of Human Geography

“…For example, when cultural geographers have addressed music it has often been in terms of region or place-specific music (Carney 1999;Curtis and Rose 1994), diffusion (Glasgow 1994), or globalization (Kong 1997;Lovering 1998). More recently, critical social geographers have addressed the geographies of music production and consumption (Leyshon, Matless and Revill 1998).…”

Rural Place Attachment in Hispano Urban Centers

“…As illustrated by the carefully composed overviews by Lily Kong and by Peter Nash and George Carney, as well as a special issue of the Journal ofcultural Geography, music research has become extensive and varied (Kong 1995;Nash and Carney 1996;Carney 1998). One of the more popular themes has been the interpretation of place identity in music, mostly in either rock and roll or country music (Curtis and Rose 1983;Carney 1990Carney ,1998Kong 1995). For example, Louis Woods and Charles Gritzner's content analysis of country music concludes that a portion of the genre portrays nostalgia and yearning for a simpler way of life (1990).…”

“…For many ethnic groups music is a vital source of subcultural identity. Unfortunately, place-specific analysis of ethnic music has been largely ignored by geographers (Curtis and Rose 1983). As Carney laments, "[our] geographic knowledge of ethnic music is practically nil despite the fact that anthropologists, folklorists, and ethnomusicologists have for years studied variations in both rural and urban contexts."…”