José María Arguedas: Andean Music Promoter

• Autor: Núñez, Gabriela
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2015
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Repositorio: Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/14975
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/conexion/article/view/14975
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: José María Arguedas; Andean music; Cultural promotion; Peru in the 20th century; Música andina; Promoción cultural; Perú del siglo XX

Jose Maria Arguedas (1911-1969) is one of the most important contemporaryPeruvian writers. His life and literacy work have located in the literature and theanthropology edges, reality and fiction, speaking and writing, the Andean andthe vernacular culture. Arguedas was a narrator, poet, ethnologist, teacher, civilservant, a folklore promoter and a great communicator who built interculturalbridges in Peru. Through the revision of one of his some literacy works, essays,letters and Peruvian musicians’ testimonies, this current article is an attemptto explore one of the author’s little known side: his role as an Andean musicpromoter.