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ABSTRACT
Spain is one of the European countries that attracts the most immigration, and the Valencian and Murcian regions have a large immigrant population. To our knowledge, no studies have analysed the representation of cultural diversity in visual representations of the body and musical practices in their music textbooks. Therefore, the main objective of this research is to describe the representation of cultural diversity in Spanish music textbooks from a critical and comparative perspective that analyses visual representations of the body and its interactions with the main musical processes. The results show a greater presence of students with white European features, as well as certain cultural stereotypes perpetuated by visual representation with musical instruments. Thus, although a greater variety of human types can be observed in the graphic representations of music textbooks, these take a reductionist and simplistic view of cultural diversity.
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Supplemental data for this article can be accessed online at https://doi.org/10.1080/2005615X.2024.2338977
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María del Mar Bernabé Villodre
María del Mar Bernabé Villodre PhD is a Music Teacher. Member of COS Research Group.
José Manuel Azorín-Delegido
José Manuel Azorín Delegido PhD is a Music Teacher, academic secretary of the Catholic University of Murcia. Teacher Training Master. Research interests focused on the application of technologies to the music classroom.
Vladimir Martínez-Bello
Vladimir Martínez Bello PhD is a Physical Education Teacher. Principal Investigator of COS Research Group.