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[citation needed] Frozen pupusas can be found in the refrigerated section of many Hispanic and international supermarkets in the United States, especially those located in highly concentrated areas of Salvadorans such as Washington, D.C., and Long Island, New York. [citation needed] Pupusa sales play a significant role in the Salvadoran economy.
Gage Averill of New York University concluded that overall the work is "remarkable and readable", although it is "uneven in places". [4]John Charles Chasteen of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill praised the book for being "lucid" and reflecting the author's knowledge of the subject.
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The pupusa is a Mesoamerican dish of Pipil origin. The oldest direct evidence of pupusa preparations in the world comes from a 1,400-year-old Maya site, Joya de Cerén , in El Salvador. Palestinian Salvadoran hummus and pita, Teklebab, Palestinian–Turkish restaurant in Santa Tecla, El Salvador
Although definitions of music vary wildly throughout the world, every known culture partakes in it, and it is thus considered a cultural universal.The origins of music remain highly contentious; commentators often relate it to the origin of language, with much disagreement surrounding whether music arose before, after or simultaneously with language.
Music education is generally mandatory in public elementary schools, and is an elective in later years. [164] The scholarly study of music in the United States includes work relating music to social class, racial, ethnic and religious identity, gender and sexuality, as well as studies of music history, musicology, and other topics.
Like the origin of language, the origin of music has been a topic for speculation and debate for centuries. [3] Leading theories include Darwin's theory of partner choice (women choose male partners based on musical displays), the idea that human musical behaviors are primarily based on behaviors of other animals (see zoomusicology), the idea that music emerged because it promotes social ...
In theory, "music history" could refer to the study of the history of any type or genre of music (e.g., the history of Nigerian music or the history of rock); in practice, these research topics are often categorized as part of ethnomusicology or cultural studies, whether or not they are ethnographically based.