This article explores the case of a musician performing pro-Zapatista revolutionary songs in a restaurant in a city in southern Mexico which has undergone rapid gentrification since the turn of the century. It highlights the particular set of constraints on, and possibilities for, musical creativity that emerged in an urban setting in which space was increasingly ordered around the accumulation of rents. Exploring relationships between commercial strategy and musical detail, it examines tensions arising around the performance of a revolutionary body of song in such a setting. To conclude, and drawing on the recent work of Anna Tsing, it introduces the notion of musical ‘salvage’ to make sense of the relationship between protest and commerce. Recognizing the incompleteness of revolutionary songs’ translation into the rapidly gentrifying context of San Cristóbal, it is argued here, may help to underline performer agency and creativity.

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高档城市中的革命歌曲：墨西哥南部的风格变化和打捞经济学

本文探讨了一位音乐家在墨西哥南部城市的一家餐馆里演奏亲萨帕塔革命歌曲的案例，该城市自世纪之交以来经历了迅速的高档化。它强调了在城市环境中出现的音乐创造力的特定限制和可能性，在这个环境中，空间越来越围绕租金的积累进行排序。探索商业策略和音乐细节之间的关系，它审视了在这样的环境中围绕革命性歌曲的表演而产生的紧张局势。最后，借鉴 Anna Tsing 最近的作品，它引入了音乐“救助”的概念，以理解抗议与商业之间的关系。