Mediterranean Musicscapes in Contemporary Spain

"This volume focuses on the musicscapes that contest, critique, and rethink Mediterraneidad (Mediterraneaness) in Contemporary Spain, and understands it as a fluid and elusive sociological, cultural, and artistic category. In its traditional formulation, Mediterraneidad concerns the mythical image of "Mediterranean harmony" represented by the metaphor of the mosaic. The volume argues that since the 1990s we have witnessed a shift in which the mosaic has been superseded by the net: a figure that represents the linking of urban nodes and trans governmental networks, migratory movements, and cultural fluidity"--