Los Jaivas: Toward a Decolonial Attitude in Chilean Psychedelic Rock

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dc.contributor.authorHolas Allimant, I.
dc.contributor.authorHolas, S.
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractThis article proposes a decolonial reading of the rock music produced by Los Jaivas in Chile during the late sixties and early seventies by putting it in dialogue with Rodolfo Kusch’s work on identity and Walter Mignolo’s notion of decolonial aesthesis. By highlighting Indigenous melodies, rhythms, ideas and experiences in the rock genre, Los Jaivas propose an alternative conception of the Chilean subject as Andean and not exclusively displaced-European, as maintained by Chile’s institutions and mainstream culture. The music produced by Los Jaivas articulates a decolonial attitude. It recognises Indigenous values as an integral part of Chilean reality, adding a deeper dimension to the political critique of capitalism that occurred during the Unidad Popular period (1970-1973). Through the enduring music of their first albums and singles, Los Jaivas create an instance of decolonial aesthesis that has profoundly altered Chilean discourses of national identity.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityIsrael Holas Allimant, Sergio Holas
dc.identifier.citationIASPM@Journal, 2021; 11(2):39-54
dc.identifier.doi10.5429/2079-3871(2021)v11i2.4en
dc.identifier.issn2079-3871
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2440/134908
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInternational Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM)
dc.rights© The authors. Authors retain copyright, while licensing their work under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.5429/2079-3871(2021)v11i2.4en
dc.subjectChilean rock; decolonial aesthesis; Rodolfo Kusch; Walter Mignolo
dc.titleLos Jaivas: Toward a Decolonial Attitude in Chilean Psychedelic Rock
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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