Austerlitz, Paul,   1957- <br/><br/>
Merengue :  Dominican music and Dominican identity / 
Paul Austerlitz 
 - Philadelphia :  Temple University Press,  1997 
 - xviii, 195 p. :  il., mús. ;  23 cm 
<br/><br/>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 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1566394848 9781566394840 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Merengue (Dance)<br/>Merengue (Música) <br/>Dance music--History and criticism.--Dominican Republic<br/>Música --Historia y crítica --República Dominicana<br/>Música popular --República Dominicana<br/>Música bailable --República Dominicana<br/>Merengue (Acordeon, guira y tambora)--Historia
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>118 ML 3465  / A933m 1997 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>784.18/88