Review: Making Music Indigenous: Popular Music in the Peruvian Andes by Joshua Tucker (original) (raw)

This review of Joshua Tucker's book 'Making Music Indigenous: Popular Music in the Peruvian Andes' explores the ethnographic journey of the musical genre chimaycha, tracing its historical evolution from rural courting ceremonies to a commodified form in urban spaces. The analysis examines the intricate relationship between music, indigenous identity, and socio-political dynamics in the Peruvian Andes, highlighting changes in performance practices and instrument construction while engaging with the lives of key cultural figures.