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Merengue: Dominican Music and Dominican Identy »
Authors: Paul Austerlitz, Robert Farris Thompson (Adapted by), Robert Farris Thompson
ISBN-13: 9781566394840, ISBN-10: 1566394848
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Temple University Press
Date Published: January 1997
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: Paul Austerlitz
Book Synopsis
The quintessential book on Dominican dance music examines the historical and contemporary contexts in which merengue is performed, as well as the symbolic, racial and class significance, and social and political function of the dance. From rural folk roots to international mass music, the author presents the complex history and cultural career of merengue through interviews and written commentaries.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | ||
| Preface | ||
| 1 | Introduction | 1 |
| Pt. I | The History of Merengue, 1854-1961 | |
| 2 | Nineteenth-Century Caribbean Merengue | 15 |
| 3 | Merengue Cibaeno, Cultural Nationalism, and Resistance | 30 |
| 4 | Music and the State: Merengue during the Era of Trujillo, 1930-1961 | 52 |
| Pt. II | The Contemporary Era, 1961-1995 | |
| 5 | Merengue in the Transnational Community | 83 |
| 6 | Innovation and Social Issues in Pop Merengue | 105 |
| 7 | Merengue on the Global Stage | 123 |
| 8 | Enduring Localism | 135 |
| 9 | Conclusion | 149 |
| Notes | 153 | |
| Bibliography | 169 | |
| Interviews | 181 | |
| Index | 183 |
Subjects
Entertainment
Dance Dance - General & Miscellaneous
Entertainment Music Books Popular & Dance Music
Nonfiction Entertainment Dance
Dance Dance - General & MiscellaneousEntertainment
Music Books Popular & Dance MusicNonfiction
Entertainment Dance
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