Subculturas musicales y cultura popular urbana costarricense en los documentales Vargas Brothers y Se prohíbe bailar “suin”
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2020-10-16
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Cuvardic García, Dorde
Cordero Cantillo, Eduardo
Chaves Jáen, Christian
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Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica
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La música popular ha ocupado un lugar relevante en la historia del documental. Un grupo numeroso de documentales se ha dedicado a la trayectoria profesional y privada de los músicos, figuras que encaran el desgaste de las giras, de las drogas, etc., mientras que otro grupo enfoca su atención en las prácticas de consumo de la música popular (aficionados, fans). El documental costarricense ofrece manifestaciones de ambas vertientes, en el marco de la modernidad centroamericana: la redención de un grupo de rock and roll, después del viaje a los infiernos de las drogas y el alcohol, en Los Vargas Brothers, y el consumo (baile) de un género considerado marginal por mucho tiempo, el swing criollo, en Se prohíbe bailar suin. La cultura popular urbana costarricense queda representada en ambos documentales.
In documentary history, popular music has had a relevant place. A large group of documentaries is dedicated to the professional and private trajectory of musicians, dealing with exhaustion from touring, as well as drug consumption, etc., while another group focuses its attention on the consumption practices of popular music (fans). Costa Rican documentaries show examples from both venues, in the frame of Central American modernity: the redemption of a rock and roll band, after their journey to drugs and alcohol, in Los Vargas Brothers, and the consumption (dance) of a genre considered marginal for a long time, the ‘swing criollo’, in Se prohíbe bailar suin. Costa Rican urban popular culture is represented in both documentaries.
In documentary history, popular music has had a relevant place. A large group of documentaries is dedicated to the professional and private trajectory of musicians, dealing with exhaustion from touring, as well as drug consumption, etc., while another group focuses its attention on the consumption practices of popular music (fans). Costa Rican documentaries show examples from both venues, in the frame of Central American modernity: the redemption of a rock and roll band, after their journey to drugs and alcohol, in Los Vargas Brothers, and the consumption (dance) of a genre considered marginal for a long time, the ‘swing criollo’, in Se prohíbe bailar suin. Costa Rican urban popular culture is represented in both documentaries.
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ROCKDOCUMENTARY, SWING CRIOLLO, MÚSICA CENTROAMERICANA, ROCK AND ROLL, IDENTIDAD POPULAR, IDENTIDAD URBANA, CENTROAMERICAN MUSIC, POPULAR IDENTITY, URBAN IDENTITY