Authors:Paul Austerlitz, Robert Farris Thompso,
Publisher: Temple University Pre
Keywords: dominican, identity, music, merengue
Number of Pages: 216
Published: 1997-01-22
List price: $30.95
ISBN-10: 1566394848
ISBN-13: 9781566394840
Merenguethe quintessential Dominican dance musichas a long and complex history, both on the island and in the large immigrant community in New York City. In this ambitious work, Paul Austerlitz unravels the African and Iberian roots of merengue and traces its growth under dictator Rafael Trujillo and its renewed popularity as an international music. Using extensive interviews as well as written commentaries, Austerlitz examines the historical and contemporary contexts in which merengue is performed and danced, its symbolic significance, its social functions, and its musical and choreograph
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