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Listening to salsa : gender, Latin popular music, and Puerto Rican cultures / Frances R. Aparicio.

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Listening to salsa : gender, Latin popular music, and Puerto Rican cultures / Frances R. Aparicio.

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Listening to salsa : gender, Latin popular music, and Puerto Rican cultures / Frances R. Aparicio.

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Full title

Listening to salsa : gender, Latin popular music, and Puerto Rican cultures / Frances R. Aparicio.

Author / Creator

Publisher

Hanover, NH : University Press of New England, c1998.

Call Numbers

N781.64/7

Record Identifier

74VMjk4x5BQd

MMS ID

991001196729702626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

xxi, 290 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Contents

Pt. I. The Danza and the Plena: Racializing Women, Feminizing Music -- A Literary Prelude. Ch. 1. A White Lady Called the Danza. Ch. 2. A Sensual Mulatta Called the Plena. Ch. 3. Desiring the Racial Other: Rosario Ferre's Feminist Reconstruction of Danza and Plena -- Pt. II. The Plural Sites of Sals...

Publication information

Publisher

Hanover, NH : University Press of New England, c1998.

Place of Publication

New Hampshire

Date Published

c1998.

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Scope and Contents

Summary

"The pulsing beats of salsa, merengue, and bolero are a compelling expression of Latino/a culture, but few outsiders comprehend the music's implications in larger social terms. Frances R. Aparicio combines the approaches of musicology and sociology with literary, cultural, Latino, and women's studies to offer a detailed genealogy of Afro-Caribbean...

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Full title

Listening to salsa : gender, Latin popular music, and Puerto Rican cultures / Frances R. Aparicio.

Authors, Artists and Contributors

Author / Creator

Notes

General note

Music/culture.

"Wesleyan University Press."

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contextual Information

Date Copyright

c1998.

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Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

N781.64/7

Record Identifier

74VMjk4x5BQd

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMjk4x5BQd

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ISBN

0819563080 (pa)

9780819553065 (cl : alk. paper)

0819553069 (cl : alk. paper)

9780819563088 (pa)

DDC

781.64

MMS ID

991001196729702626

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