Mediterranean Musicscapes in Contemporary Spain

This volume focuses on the musicscapes that contest critique and rethink <i>Mediterraneidad</i> (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argues that since the 1990s we have witnessed a shift in which the mythical image of Mediterranean harmony has been superseded by the <i>net</i>: a figure that represents the linking of urban nodes and trans governmental networks migratory movements and cultural fluidity.<br/> <br/> Further this book assesses how <i>Mediterraneidad</i> 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.