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402 p, Exploration of the musical heritage of Latin America and the Caribbean, arranged by region, focusing on the major countries/regions (Mexico, Brazil, Peru, etc. in Latin America and Jamaica, the Virgin Islands, Haiti, etc. in the Caribbean). In each chapter the author gives a complete history of the region’s music, ranging from classical and classical-influenced styles to folk and traditional music to today’s popular music.
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Originally presented as the author's thesis (master's)--Programa de Pós-Graduação em História da Faculdade de Ciências e Letras da Universidade Estadual Paulista, 1998., 204 p.
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342 p, Examines how the low socioeconomic status of the black population in Cuba informs the representation of black characters in Cuban narrative fiction. From its very first example (Espejo de paciencia, 1608) until the most recent short fiction written after the 1959 Revolution, Cuban narrative fiction has played (and still plays) an important role in creating and maintaining the subaltern position of the black population in Cuba.
Olsen,Dale A. (Editor) and Sheehy,Daniel E. (Editor)
Format:
Book, Whole
Publication Date:
2008
Published:
New York: Routledge
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Articles originally published in: The Garland encyclopedia of world music. Vol. 2, South America, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. 1998., 567 p + 2 sound discs, A collection of articles on the musics of Latin America, covering such regions and cultures as Warao, Q'ero, Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Venezuela, Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, Cuba, Dominican republic and many others.
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260 p, Contents: "Under the hog plum tree": literary claims for citizenship in nineteenth-century Trinidad -- The accidental modernist : Thomas MacDermot and Jamaican literature -- Herbert's career : H.G. de Lisser and the business of national literature -- The new primitivism : gender and nation in McKay's internationalism -- The realpolitik of yard fiction : Trinidad's Beacon group -- The pitfalls of feminist nationalism and the career of Una Marson -- "Fishy waters" : Jean Rhys and West Indian writing before 1940.
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199 p, Contents: Popular music. The salsa concept ; Ontology of the son ; The aesthetics of sabor -- On the road to Latin jazz. Magic mixture ; Drumming in Cuban ; Lords of the tambor ; Chocolate dreams ; The taste of "azúcar!"
