FAMST 101D Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Regional Styles Of Mexican Music, Pedro Infante, Ranchera
Document Summary
During the 1930s, xew (80% music) expanded its range. Reviewing augustin lara and blue hour (added to section 6 notes) Golden age of mexican cinema = 1940s and 1950s. Film genres besides ranchera (westerns) = comedy and melodrama. Clip: que te ha dado esa mujer (1952) with pedro infante. 2 brothers who were separated get brought back together by music and radio (music on radio = central to sustaining mexican values) Very popular and had potential for syndication (2nd most popular, following music programming) Stories crafted and adapted from literature, not cinema. But, white-euro hegemony was present in media via: A hybrid culture that privileges european influences and colonial nostalgia. 1941: azcarraga merges with competitors to set up radio programas de. 1941: azcarraga merges with competitors to set up radio. Half of all mexican stations were under rpm (new big umbrella for mexican radio networks) 1951: azcarraga establishes xew-tv, then merges with 2 competitors.
