Constructing identities by songs and singers in Fray Marcos (Uruguay)

Authors

  • Juan Scuro PPGAS/UFRGS

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22456/1984-1191.11834

Keywords:

Identity. Music production. Memory. Fray Marcos

Abstract

In Fray Marcos, town of about three thousand inhabitants located in the southern boundary of the department of Florida , Uruguay , attempted an ethnographic approximation through the musicians as builders of a local identity. With musical production of Fray Marcos as main axis of study we reflect about relations between artistic manifestations, performance, builders of one sense shared by  certain group of subjects and reject by others. Is seen a relative complexity regarding identity construction of the people in their link with musical production. Historic and mythical characters are present in the singing of the town and constitute identity disputes.

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Published

2009-12-21

How to Cite

SCURO, Juan. Constructing identities by songs and singers in Fray Marcos (Uruguay). ILUMINURAS, Porto Alegre, v. 10, n. 24, 2009. DOI: 10.22456/1984-1191.11834. Disponível em: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/iluminuras/article/view/11834. Acesso em: 31 aug. 2026.