LAS CHICHERÍAS CONDUCEN AL COLISEO: JOSÉ MARÍA ARGUEDAS, TECNOLOGÍA Y MÚSICA POPULAR.

This article studies Arguedas' intellectual practices with technology (the voice recorder, music records, the radio) concerning the transformation of Andean popular music in the context of mass immigration in Peru during the second half of the twentieth century. Arguedas' intellectual response to the impact of capitalism on culture in the Andes is analyzed through die concept of mass culture. Arguedas simultaneously promotes and rejects this impact, since he perceives the potential for a positive reformulation of the quest for nationhood in Peru, as well as die impending destruction of traditional Andean cultures. Moreover, Arguedas' reflection on the role of music in Andean culture is discussed through die concept of popular public sphere. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]