Bachata: a Social History of Dominican Popular Music

    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Pacini Hernandez,Deborah (Author)
    Format:
    Book, Whole
    Publication Date:
    January, 1995
    WorldCat URL:
    http://www.worldcat.org/isbn/1566393000
    Published:
    Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    ISBN:
    1566392993; 1566393000
    Subject Term:
    Caribbean area, Dominican Republic, Social conditions, popular music, History and criticism, and Bachata
    Notes:
    267 P., Like rap in the United States, bachata began as a music of the poor and dispossessed. Originating in the shantytowns of the Dominican Republic, it reflects the social and economic dislocation of the poorest Dominicans.

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