Dominican music and Dominican identity Austerlitz, Paul 1957- creator text pau Philadelphia Temple University Press 1997 monographic eng

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xviii, 195 p. : il., mús. ; 23 cm 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. 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 Paul Austerlitz Merengue (Dance) Merengue (Música) Dance music Dominican Republic History and criticism Música Historia y crítica República Dominicana Música popular República Dominicana Música bailable República Dominicana Merengue (Acordeon, guira y tambora) Historia 118 ML 3465 A933m 1997 784.18/88 1566394848 9781566394840 060907 20230410102111.0 spa