The transculturative and acculturative influences on bi-musicality were examined in post-revolutionary Cuban popular musical culture and behavior. A comparative approach was applied to the ethnomusicological investigation, focusing on the musical production and consumption of diasporic and resident sample populations across three generational levels. The study also provides an overview of musical life in Havana and Miami, including the musical developments of "revolutionary" musicians shaped by the regime's socialist ideological policies, contrasted with the adaptive expressions of immigrant musicians that function as cultural symbols of a displaced national identity. / A survey was conducted to assess cross-cultural and intergenerational differences in musical preference, music listening and music making frequencies, dance activity, and participation in musical culture. Attitudes concerning musicianship as a vocation versus an avocation were addressed, as well as their implications to the musician's self-perception as a member of society. Normative data were also collected involving familiarity ratings and typicality judgements for items contained in four categories of material and non-material musical culture. Correlations and relative frequency distributions are listed. / Statistical analyses of the data have revealed significant intergroup differences in listening preferences, and musical production, participation and education. The results ascertained the formative impact that the contrasting politico-socio-economic structures have on musical behavior and attitude. Inter-item analyses of 152 musical genres and subgenres were performed, and their respective profiles of popularization, retention, or decline are charted. / The data have provided indexes of balanced versus dominant bi-musicality, reflecting the degree of musical acculturation inherent in the successive generational subgroups. Strong acculturative effects were also observed in item familiarity and categorial prototype formation. The results support the theories of cultural retention, acculturation and syncretism, replication of uniformity, and the organization of diversity. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 57-04, Section: A, page: 1381. / Major Professor: Dale Olsen. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1996.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_77694 |
| Contributors | Rey, Mario., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 457 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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