The Texas-Mexican Conjunto

The Texas-Mexican Conjunto: History of a Working-Class Music is a 1985 non-fiction book by Manuel H. Peña, published by University of Texas Press. It documents Tejano conjunto music established in the 20th century. The author states that the music reflects how communities on the Mexico-United States border evolved and how the communities opposed assimilating to the dominant American culture.

The author interviewed musicians and posted quotes from said interviews in his work. He used Marxist theory in creating the work.

Reception

James S. Griffith of University of Arizona described the book as "useful and fascinating".

References

• Griffith, James S. (1986). "The Texas-Mexican Conjunto: History of a Working-Class Music . Manuel H. Pena". American Anthropologist. 88 (3): 733–734. doi:10.1525/aa.1986.88.3.02a00460.
• McDowell, John H. (1986). "The Texas-Mexican Conjunto: History of a Working-Class Music" (PDF). Journal of Folklore Research. 23 (1): 72–73. JSTOR 3814485. - Profile

Further reading

• Christian, Garna L. (1986). "The Texas-Mexican Conjunto". Journal of Southern History. 52: 325. doi:10.2307/2209703. JSTOR 2209703.
• Cohen, Norm (1987). "The Texas-Mexican conjunto: vol. 24". The Journal of American Folklore. 100: 328.
• Gutierrez, David G. (1989). "The Third Generation: Reflections on Recent Chicano Historiography: Mexicano Resistance in the Southwest . Robert Rosenbaum.; Let All of Them Take Heed: Mexican Americans and the Campaign for Educational Equality in Texas, 1910-1981 . Guadalupe San Miguel Jr..; Anglos and Mexicans in the Making of Texas, 1836-1986 . David Montejano.; The Texas-Mexican Conjunto: History of a Working Class Music . Manuel Pena". Mexican Studies. 5 (2): 281–296. doi:10.2307/1052091. JSTOR 1052091.
• King, John (1986). "Manuel Peña: The Texas Mexican Conjunto: History of a Working-Class Music (Austin, Texas; University of Texas Press, 1985, cloth $19.95, paperback $8.95). Pp. xi + 218". Journal of Latin American Studies. 18 (2): 504–505. doi:10.1017/S0022216X00012530. S2CID 145147527.
• Oliver, Paul (1987). "Songs of the Cowboys. By N. Howard (Jack) Thorp. Foreword by Guy Logsdon. Lincoln, Neb. & London: University of Nebraska Press, 1984. 184 pp. - The Texas-Mexican Conjunto: History of a Working-Class Music. By Manuel H. Peña. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1985. 218 pp". Popular Music. 6 (1): 112–114. doi:10.1017/S0261143000006723.
• Schmidt, Henry C. (1986). "Reviews of Books: The Texas-Mexican Conjunto". The American Historical Review. 91 (2): 488. doi:10.2307/1858321. JSTOR 1858321.
• "The Texas-Mexican Conjunto". Smithsonian Education.

External links

• The Texas-Mexican Conjunto: History of a Working-Class Music. 1985. ISBN 9780292780682. OCLC 11550341 – via Internet Archive.
• The Texas-Mexican Conjunto at JSTOR