Race‐Making an Idioculture: The Case of a Black Social Club

BACKGROUND: The Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club is a world-renowned group of Cuban musicians accomplished in a variety of musical styles. The musicians of the Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club and supporting musicians of their orchestras represent a cohort of musicians throughout Cuba who continue to play traditional genres and perform into their older ages. PURPOSE: The purpose of the study was to (1) identify musculoskeletal conditions that occurred over the previous 12 months among the members of the Orquesta and supporting musicians and (2) to discover if these conditions, in part, were caused by or in some way affected musical performance. METHODS: The study was a convenience sample of musicians within the Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club and supporting musical groups. Thirty-six musicians completed a self-administered survey. RESULTS: Sixty-seven percent (24/36) of the total sample of musicians and 89% (16/18) of those over age 60 years had at least one musculoskeletal condition over the previous 12 months. Forty-four percent (16/36) of the total sample of musicians and 61% (11/18) of those older than 60 years of age reported that a musculoskeletal complaint was either, in part, caused by or affected their performance. CONCLUSION: Musculoskeletal conditions were prevalent among the Cuban musicians, especially in those over 60 years of age. Collaboration of medical professionals, managers, and musicians may help to generate ideas on how to prevent injuries as well as to evaluate what treatments for playing-related conditions, including both conventional and complementary and alternative therapies, are most effective.

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Revisiting the Birthplace of the Cannabis Social Club Model and the Role Played by Cannabis Social Club Federations

Journal of Drug Issues ◽

10.1177/0022042618815690 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 49 (2) ◽

pp. 338-354 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Laurent Jansseune ◽

Mafalda Pardal ◽

Tom Decorte ◽

Òscar Parés Franquero

Keyword(s):

The Self ◽

Field Observations ◽

Social Clubs ◽

Social Club ◽

Semistructured Interviews ◽

Country Specific

Cannabis Social Clubs (CSCs) are a nonprofit model for the supply of cannabis originating in Spain. This article aims to provide an overview of current CSC practices in Barcelona, exploring the role played by CSC Federations in shaping them. This analysis draws on 32 semistructured interviews with CSC managers ( n = 15) and with other stakeholders in Barcelona ( n = 17). We build also on field observations at other CSCs based in Barcelona. We found a heterogeneity of CSC practices, some of which were not in line with the self-regulatory codes developed by the CSC Federations. In applying an earlier CSC typology, we identified also country-specific CSC features. While the CSC Federations have contributed to unifying the cannabis movement and made efforts to homogenize CSCs’ practices, in the absence of (government) cannabis regulation, their efforts have to some extent been undermined.

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Buena Vista Social Club. Written and directed by Wim Wenders; produced by Deepak Nayar. 1999; color; 104 minutes. English and Spanish with English subtitles. Distributor: Artisan Entertainment and Lágrimas Negras. Directed by Sonia Herman Dolz; produced by Kees Ryninks. 1997; color; 75 minutes. Spanish. Distributor: Holland Film

The American Historical Review ◽

10.1086/ahr/105.2.657 ◽

2000 ◽

Keyword(s):

Social Club ◽

Wim Wenders ◽

Buena Vista

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So you've heard of the Gaskell medal: but who was Gaskell?

Psychiatric Bulletin ◽

10.1192/pb.13.4.186 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 13 (4) ◽

pp. 186-188

Author(s):

Digby Tantam

Keyword(s):

Short Stories ◽

Charlotte Bronte ◽

Elizabeth Gaskell ◽

Social Club ◽

North And South

The benefaction for the award of an annual medal and prize to a member of the Royal Medico-Psychological Association was made by Mrs Elizabeth Holland, in memory of her brother, Samuel. She was herself a remarkable woman, who married a banker, had ten children, translated poetry from the German, began a social club for unemployed men, founded a cottage hospital, and was well-known for her wit, conversation and unflappability. However, she came from a remarkable family. Her older brother, William, was a noted Unitarian minister, philanthropist, and writer. Her sister-in-law, William's wife, was Mrs Elizabeth Gaskell, author of North and South, Wives and Daughters, and a celebrated, and for a season notorious, Life of Charlotte Brontë, as well as several other novels and short stories. Two of Elizabeth and William's children, Meta and Julia, were so well-loved in Manchester that flags flew at half-mast on their deaths.

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