Maldito Coronavirus!: Mapping Latin American Musical Responses to the Pandemic Moment offers an expansive survey and analysis of local and regional musical responses to the global coronavirus moment. The authors situate this emergent phenomenon within interdisciplinary explorations of music-making on social media platforms, transnational culture flows, emotional intimacy in digital spaces, and the intersections of music, health, and community. The first study of its kind, Maldito Coronavirus! emphasizes the singularity of this cultural moment by examining the myriad ways musicians, promoters, activists, and listeners artistically, emotionally, and organizationally responded to the challenges of living through a global pandemic. Highlighting examples from Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Argentina, and across the Hispanic Caribbean, this book analyzes lyric, affect, and performance and explores the ways participatory digital platforms facilitated cultural sustenance and musical distribution at a time when physical gatherings were unfeasible. Maldito Coronavirus! draws on over a year's worth of digital ethnography as well as insights from folklore, history, ethnomusicology, and the growing literature on music and wellbeing to highlight the locally-contingent ways music-makers responded to a global crisis.

About the Author
Daniel S. Margolies is Director of Strategic Initiatives at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center in San Antonio, Texas and founder of the non-profit Festival of Texas Fiddling. For over two decades he served as Professor and History Department Chair at Virginia Wesleyan University. Margolies has written numerous articles and chapters on historical and musical topics and has written or edited four books, including Spaces of Law in American Foreign Relations. J.A. Strub is a researcher, performer, and multimedia producer. He holds a Bachelor's degree in economics and statistics from Hunter College, CUNY and is completing a PhD in ethnomusicology at the University of Texas at Austin. His research interests include music and participatory social life, user-generated platform media, and the role of improvisation and creative agency in musical performance. His work has been supported by the United States Department of Education, the Tinker Foundation, Humanities Texas, and the Rainwater Foundation, among others. Daniel S. Margolies is Director of Strategic Initiatives at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center in San Antonio, Texas and founder of the non-profit Festival of Texas Fiddling. For over two decades he served as Professor and History Department Chair at Virginia Wesleyan University. Margolies has written numerous articles and chapters on historical and musical topics and has written or edited four books, including Spaces of Law in American Foreign Relations. J.A. Strub is a researcher, performer, and multimedia producer. He holds a Bachelor's degree in economics and statistics from Hunter College, CUNY and is completing a PhD in ethnomusicology at the University of Texas at Austin. His research interests include music and participatory social life, user-generated platform media, and the role of improvisation and creative agency in musical performance. His work has been supported by the United States Department of Education, the Tinker Foundation, Humanities Texas, and the Rainwater Foundation, among others.


Book Information
ISBN 9781800503960
Author Daniel S Margolies
Format Hardback
Page Count 314
Imprint Equinox Publishing Ltd
Publisher Equinox Publishing Ltd
Weight(grams) 395g