Chilean New Song and the Question of Culture in the Allende Government

Natália Ayo Schmiedecke

doi:10.5771/9781793622860

Summary

Focusing on the cultural debate within the left during the Popular Unity government in Chile (1970-73), Chilean New Song and the Question of Culture in the Allende Government situates the discourses and artistic production linked to the Chilean New Song movement, in order to demonstrate that the musicians were part of the committed intelligentsia. Thus, they actively participated in the discussion and proposal of ways to integrate culture in the revolutionary process, playing an important political and cultural role. The analysis is mainly based on the government-friendly press and on records released between 1970 and 1973, verifying how the main trends observed in the cultural debate were expressed in the movement; the extent to which the positions defended by the musicians have been in tune with governmental purposes; and if they have in fact influenced the cultural policies debated and pursued by Popular Unity.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-1-7936-2285-3
ISBN-Online: 978-1-7936-2286-0
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 195
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 10
1. Government Programs, Institutions, and Achievements No access
2. “What Exists and What is Lacking”: Demands from the Intellectuals No access
3. The “Question of Culture” in Debate No access
4. Notes No access
1. Chilean New Song and Engagement No access
2. Politics in the Musical Field: The Primacy of the Chilean New Song? No access
3. Onda and Ramona Magazines Compete for Young Audiences No access
4. “Record is Culture”: DICAP and IRT No access
5. Notes No access
1. The Pamphlet Song: A Contribution to the Process? No access
2. Representations of Identity No access
3. Popular Art: About, for, with or of the People? No access
4. Engagement vs. Autonomy of Art No access
5. Commercial Culture No access
6. “High Culture” No access
7. Notes No access
4. Final Considerations No access Pages 161 - 166
Bibliography No access Pages 167 - 186
Index No access Pages 187 - 192
About the Author No access Pages 193 - 195