Rossy War y el Espejismo Amazónico de la Tecnocumbia
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2023-11-29
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Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
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Uno de los conceptos que suelen encontrarse frecuentemente al leer sobre tecnocumbia
peruana, es su condición de amazoneidad. La producción académica sobre el género, indica
que la tecnocumbia nace en la selva peruana y que además, sus características sonoras y
performativas son de profunda influencia amazónica. Asimismo, presentan a la cantante
Rossy War como la figura que resume la tecnocumbia y su representante más exitosa. Dicho
esto, lo previsible sería encontrar aquellos atributos amazónicos en la propuesta musical de la
cantante. Sin embargo, estas condiciones parecen no encontrarse presentes. Para estudiar los
motivos de este descalce, esta investigación propone la metáfora de “espejismo amazónico”
como una forma de aproximarse a la disonancia entre el discurso académico sobre la
tecnocumbia y el hecho musical. El primer capítulo, presenta los discursos existentes sobre la
tecnocumbia desde tres ejes: modernidad, amazoneidad y performance. En el segundo
capítulo, se contrastan los discursos anteriormente mencionados con la propuesta musical de
Rossy War y su Banda Kaliente a través de un análisis musical estético de temas
seleccionados y videoclips. Finalmente, se discuten los motivos por el cual la imagen
amazónica de la tecnocumbia podría haber sido hasta entonces, un espejismo que se
desvanece al acercarse.
One of the concepts that are often found when reading about the Peruvian variant of technocumbia is its condition of amazoness. The academic production about the genre points that technocumbia was born in the Peruvian jungle and that, in addition, its sound and performative characteristics are deeply influenced by the Amazon. Likewise, they present the singer Rossy War as the figure that sums up technocumbia and its most successful representative. That being said, the foreseeable thing would be to find those Amazonian attributes in the singer's musical proposal. However, these conditions seem not to be present. To study the reasons for this mismatch, this research proposes the metaphor of "Amazonian Mirage" as a way of approaching the dissonance between the academic discourse on technocumbia and the musical fact. The first chapter presents the existing discourses on technocumbia from three axes: modernity, amazoness and performance. In the second chapter, the previously mentioned speeches are contrasted with the musical proposal of “Rossy War y su Banda Kaliente” through an aesthetic musical analysis of selected songs and video clips. Finally, the reasons why the Amazonian image of technocumbia could have been until then, a mirage that vanishes when approaching, are discussed.
One of the concepts that are often found when reading about the Peruvian variant of technocumbia is its condition of amazoness. The academic production about the genre points that technocumbia was born in the Peruvian jungle and that, in addition, its sound and performative characteristics are deeply influenced by the Amazon. Likewise, they present the singer Rossy War as the figure that sums up technocumbia and its most successful representative. That being said, the foreseeable thing would be to find those Amazonian attributes in the singer's musical proposal. However, these conditions seem not to be present. To study the reasons for this mismatch, this research proposes the metaphor of "Amazonian Mirage" as a way of approaching the dissonance between the academic discourse on technocumbia and the musical fact. The first chapter presents the existing discourses on technocumbia from three axes: modernity, amazoness and performance. In the second chapter, the previously mentioned speeches are contrasted with the musical proposal of “Rossy War y su Banda Kaliente” through an aesthetic musical analysis of selected songs and video clips. Finally, the reasons why the Amazonian image of technocumbia could have been until then, a mirage that vanishes when approaching, are discussed.
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Chicha (Música popular)--Perú--Amazonía, Región, Música popular--Perú--Amazonía, Región, Cantantes--Perú--Amazonía, Región
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