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Merengue : Dominican music and Dominican identity / Paul Austerlitz

By: Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1997Description: xviii, 195 p. : il., mús. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 1566394848
  • 9781566394840
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 784.18/88
LOC classification:
  • 118 ML 3465 A933m 1997
Contents:
The history of merengue 1854-1961, 15. -- Nineteeth-century Caribbean merengue, 15. -- Merengue cibaeño, cultural nationalism, and resistence, 30. -- Music and the state : Merengue during the Era of Trujillo, 1930-1961, 52. -- The contemporary era, 1961-1995, 83. -- Merengue in the transnational community, 83. -- Innovation and social issues in pop merengue, 105. -- Merengue on the global stage, 123. -- Enduring localism, 135
Summary: Merengue is a quintessential Dominican dance music. This work aims to unravel the African and Iberian roots of merengue. It examines the historical and contemporary contexts in which merengue is performed and danced, its symbolic significance, its social functions, and its musical and choreographic structures.
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Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) 118 ML 3465 A933m 1997 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000007629

The history of merengue 1854-1961, 15. -- Nineteeth-century Caribbean merengue, 15. -- Merengue cibaeño, cultural nationalism, and resistence, 30. -- Music and the state : Merengue during the Era of Trujillo, 1930-1961, 52. -- The contemporary era, 1961-1995, 83. -- Merengue in the transnational community, 83. -- Innovation and social issues in pop merengue, 105. -- Merengue on the global stage, 123. -- Enduring localism, 135

Merengue is a quintessential Dominican dance music. This work aims to unravel the African and Iberian roots of merengue. It examines the historical and contemporary contexts in which merengue is performed and danced, its symbolic significance, its social functions, and its musical and choreographic structures.

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