Mediterranean Musicscapes in Contemporary Spain

This volume focuses on the musicscapes that contest, critique, and rethink Mediterraneidad (Mediterraneaness) in Contemporary Spain, and understands it as a fluid and elusive sociological, cultural, and artistic category. The volume argues that since the 1990s we have witnessed a shift in which the mythical image of "Mediterranean harmony" has been superseded by the net: a figure that represents the linking of urban nodes and trans governmental networks, migratory movements, and cultural fluidity.
Further, this book assesses how Mediterraneidad became, within the realm of music, the site and sign of a diverse array of social issues such as the formulation of Catalan, Valencian, Andalusian, and Mallorcan national identities, with the 2017 Catalan Independence process taking center stage. Using diverse methodologies-data-driven sociological approaches; ethnographic and anthropological tools; feminist and gender theories-the authors also address the rapidly changing social landscape that started in the 1980s due to global migrations as well as the dismantling of traditional gender dynamics.

Kiko Mora is Professor of Semiotics of Advertising and Consumption, and Culture Industries in the Department of Communication and Social Psychology at the University of Alicante, Spain. He also teaches flamenco and popular music at the University of Córdoba, Spain. He is co-editor of Rock around Spain. Historia, industria, escenas y medios de comunicación (2013) and author of De cera y goma laca. La producción de música española en la industria fonográfica estadounidense: 1894-1914 (2018).

List of Figures, Maps, and Tables Acknowledgements General Map General Introduction Surfing the Mediterranean: Place, Identity and the Politics of Music in Contemporary Spain Kiko Mora, University of Alicante, Spain Part I: Tourism Introduction Kiko Mora, University of Alicante, Spain 1. "Mediterráneamente": Music Festivals as Industry, Utopia, and Experience of Place Eduardo Viñuela, University of Oviedo, Spain 2. Against Neoliberalism: Anti-tourism and Musical Practices in a Mediterranean Paradise Amadeu Corbera, Conservatori Superior de Música de les Illes Balears, Spain Part II: Nationalism Introduction Kiko Mora, University of Alicante, Spain 3. Music as Political Activism in the Comarques Centrals des País Valencià: Social Justice, Identity, and Rock Lluís Català Oltra, University of Alicante, Spain, and Clemente Penalva Verdú, University of Alicante, Spain 4. "We Will Find a Way Out:" Catalan World Music, Mestizaje and Political Engagement Rubén Gómez Muns, Independent Scholar Part III: Migration Introduction Kiko Mora, University of Alicante, Spain 5. How Mediterranean is Andalusian Popular Music?: (Re)Thinking Identities, Migrations and Dreams Diego García Peinazo, University of Córdoba, Spain and Pedro Ordóñez Eslava, University of Granada, Spain 6. An Overview of Music from the Maghreb and Maghrebi Musicians in the Spanish Mediterranean Arc Alicia González, Real Conservatorio Superior de Música "Victoria Eugenia" de Granada, Spain and Isabel Llano, Independent Scholar, Spain Part IV: Gender Introduction Kiko Mora, University of Alicante, Spain 7. "Proud of Me," the New Catalan Cantautoras: Singing Belonging Beyond the Mediterranean Gianni Ginesi, Barcelona's Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya, ESMUC, Spain 8. Bridging Gender Gaps in the Mediterranean Musical Scene: Celebrating the Women Singer-Songwriters of the Cançó Pepa Novell, Independent Scholar, Spain List of Contributors Index