Between Oral and Written Expressions. The Importance of Music, Dance and Singing in the Colonial Los Andes as Loci of Significance, Power and “Mestizaje” in Contexts of “Coloniality”
This article analyzes the development of processes of cultural “mestizaje” on the basis of the Andean musical expressions of the colonial period, from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries. It aims to introduce flexibility into the traditional dichotomy between written and oral expression as representations of reality made by Europeans on the one hand and by native Americans on the other. Thus the social groups belonging to the colonial social space are considered not as static elements, but as groups with a dynamic identity capable of bringing together diverse system of representation and registration. These embrace oral and written expressions along with visual representations as well as music, songs and dances.
Palominos Mandiola, S. (2015). Between Oral and Written Expressions. The Importance of Music, Dance and Singing in the Colonial Los Andes as Loci of Significance, Power and “Mestizaje” in Contexts of “Coloniality”. Revista Musical Chilena, 68(222), 35–57. Retrieved from https://tribunainternacional.uchile.cl/index.php/RMCH/article/view/35910
