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Salsa World
A Global Dance in Local Contexts
Häftad, 2015
354 kr
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Since its emergence in the 1960s, salsa has transformed from a symbol of Nuyorican pride into an emblem of pan-Latinism and finally a form of global popular culture. While Latinos all over the world have developed and even exported their own “dance accents,” local dance scenes have arisen in …
Fernando Ortiz on Music
Selected Writing on Afro-Cuban Culture
Inbunden, 2018
817 kr
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Fernando Ortiz (1881–1969) is recognized as one of the most influential Latin American authors of the twentieth century. Although he helped establish the field of Afro-diasporic studies, his writings are still relatively unknown to the English-speaking world. In Fernando Ortiz on Music, …
Caribbean Currents:
Caribbean Music from Rumba to Reggae
Av Peter Manuel, Michael Largey
Inbunden, 2016
1163 kr
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First published in 1995, Caribbean Currents has become the definitive guide to the distinctive musics of this region of the world. This third edition of the award-winning book is substantially updated and expanded, featuring thorough coverage of new developments, such as the global spread of …
Caribbean Currents:
Caribbean Music from Rumba to Reggae
Av Peter Manuel, Michael Largey
Häftad, 2016
397 kr
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First published in 1995, Caribbean Currents has become the definitive guide to the distinctive musics of this region of the world. This third edition of the award-winning book is substantially updated and expanded, featuring thorough coverage of new developments, such as the global spread of …
Drumming for the Gods
Av Maria Velez
Häftad, 2000
364 kr
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\u0022I am Felipe Garcia Villamil\u0022 begins Drumming for the Gods, the life history of the Afro-Cuban artist whose music has survived both political and personal upheaval. \u0022Balogun for thirty years. Oluana, of Matanzas, Cuba, for about forty years. Omoana for almost forty-five years. …
East Indian Music
Av Peter Manuel
2000
604 kr
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Trinidadian sitarist, composer, and music authority Mangal Patasar once remarked and tan-singing, \u0022You take a capsule from India, leave it here for a hundred years, and this is what you get.\u0022 Patasar was referring to what may be the most sophisticated and distinctive art form cultivated …
Maya Achi Marimba Music in Guatemala
Inbunden, 2005
1002 kr
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For the Achi, one of the several Mayan ethnic groups indigenous to Guatemala, the music of the marimba serves not only as a form of entertainment but also as a form of communication, a vehicle for memory, and an articulation of cultural identity. Sergio Navarrete Pellicer examines the marimba …
Maya Achi Marimba Music in Guatemala
Häftad, 2005
375 kr
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For the Achi, one of the several Mayan ethnic groups indigenous to Guatemala, the music of the marimba serves not only as a form of entertainment but also as a form of communication, a vehicle for memory, and an articulation of cultural identity. Sergio Navarrete Pellicer examines the marimba …
Sounding Salsa
Performing Latin Music in New York City
Inbunden, 2008
1060 kr
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Examines how musicians navigated their everyday lives, grappling with the intercultural tensions and commercial pressures that were so pronounced on the salsa scene
Sounding Salsa
Performing Latin Music in New York City
Häftad, 2008
368 kr
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Examines how musicians navigated their everyday lives, grappling with the intercultural tensions and commercial pressures that were so pronounced on the salsa scene
Arsenio Rodríguez and the Transnational Flows of Latin Popular Music
Av David Garcia
Häftad, 2006
353 kr
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Arsenio Rodr\u00edguez was one of the most important Cuban musicians of the twentieth century. In this first scholarly study, ethnomusicologist David F. Garc\u00eda examines Rodr\u00edguez's life, including the conjunto musical combo he led and the highly influential son montuno style of music he …
Creolizing Contradance in the Caribbean
Av Peter Manuel
Häftad, 2011
353 kr
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How contradanceand quadrille gave rise to merengue, danz
Whose National Music?
Identity, Mestizaje, and Migration in Ecuador
Av Ketty Wong
Inbunden, 2012
829 kr
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How class divisions shape the definition of Ecuador's national music and identity
Salsa World
A Global Dance in Local Contexts
Inbunden, 2013
1062 kr
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Since its emergence in the 1960s, salsa has transformed from a symbol of Nuyorican pride into an emblem of pan-Latinism and finally a form of global popular culture. While Latinos all over the world have developed and even exported their own “dance accents,” local dance scenes have arisen in …
Drumming for the Gods
Av Maria Velez
Inbunden, 2000
1003 kr
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\u0022I am Felipe Garcia Villamil\u0022 begins Drumming for the Gods, the life history of the Afro-Cuban artist whose music has survived both political and personal upheaval. \u0022Balogun for thirty years. Oluana, of Matanzas, Cuba, for about forty years. Omoana for almost forty-five years. …
East Indian Music
Av Peter Manuel
Inbunden, 2000
1117 kr
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Trinidadian sitarist, composer, and music authority Mangal Patasar once remarked and tan-singing, \u0022You take a capsule from India, leave it here for a hundred years, and this is what you get.\u0022 Patasar was referring to what may be the most sophisticated and distinctive art form cultivated …
Arsenio Rodríguez and the Transnational Flows of Latin Popular Music
Av David Garcia
Inbunden, 2006
1002 kr
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Arsenio Rodr\u00edguez was one of the most important Cuban musicians of the twentieth century. In this first scholarly study, ethnomusicologist David F. Garc\u00eda examines Rodr\u00edguez's life, including the conjunto musical combo he led and the highly influential son montuno style of music he …
Sounds of the Modern Nation
Music, Culture, and Ideas in Post-Revolutionary Mexico
Inbunden, 2008
714 kr
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How the relationships between avant-garde music and ideas of modernity in post-revolutionary Mexico shaped discourses of nationality
Creolizing Contradance in the Caribbean
Av Peter Manuel
Inbunden, 2009
887 kr
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How contradanceand quadrille gave rise to merengue, danz
Musica Nortena
Mexican Americans Creating a Nation Between Nations
Inbunden, 2009
1002 kr
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The first history of the music that binds together Mexican immigrant communities
Musica Nortena
Mexican Americans Creating a Nation Between Nations
Häftad, 2009
396 kr
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The first history of the music that binds together Mexican immigrant communities
