Creating Our Own: Folklore, Performance, and Identity in Cuzco, Peru

"Revivals of local musical traditions are sometimes described as the creations of relatively wealthy groups and government policymakers. Zoila S. Mendoza's fascinating analysis of the roles of local actors in shaping folklore movements in Peru is highly relevant for studies in the rest of Latin America, the United States, and elsewhere."-Anthony Seeger, author ofWhy SuyÁ Sing: A Musical Anthropology of an Amazonian PeopleZoila S. Mendoza is the author of 'Creating Our Own: Folklore, Performance, and Identity in Cuzco, Peru', published 2008 under ISBN 9780822341307 and ISBN 0822341301.