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| Title | : | Bachata A Social History of a Dominican Popular Music |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.82 (624 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1566393000 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 381 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-25 |
| Language | : | English |
. Deborah Pacini Hernandez is Assistant Professor and Associate Director at the Center for Latin American Studies, University of Florida
This book is an explanatory wonder that integrates music, politics, geography, history, media, global and local culture." --Charles Keil, State University of New York at Buffalo, author of Urban Blues and Polka Happiness "This is a profound contribution to the understanding of contemporary Latin American and Caribbean culture. Hernandez' writings trace the impact of political upheaval and rural migration on the development of bachata and Dominican music in general and analyze issues of sex and gender as expressed by bachata's mostly male interpreters." --New York Latino "Deep in the shadow of the glamorous merengue, the Dominican Republic has nurtured a music called bachata whose
Originating in the shantytowns of the Dominican Republic, it reflects the social and economic dislocation of the poorest Dominicans.. Like rap in the United States, bachata began as a music of the poor and dispossessed
Slumdog music goes legit Bob Newman If ethnomusicology is not your bag, you might consider giving this book a miss. The author hits you with everything she's got and it's not an easy read, but she's got a lot. That's why I'm giving it five stars. I found far more information than I could absorb, mainly because I'm not so into Dominican music. I like it, of course, or I wouldn't have picked this book, but I nearly sank und. The Story of Bachata This fun to read and well researched book explores the rise of Bachata from its obscure beginning as a musical style of the rural and urban poor in the Dominican Republic to its eventual international popularity. It is the only book of its kind in english and a must read for anyone interested in bachata's roots.Hernandez delves particularly into social conditions and class issues which . AMAZINGLY DETAILED HISTORY OF BACHATA MUSIC Deborah Pacini Hernandez offers an excellently researched, intelligently written, and amazingly detailed history of the Dominican Republic's Bachata music. Be forewarned this is not an easy book to read; this is not a glib magazine article with a superficial history of Bachata. On the contrary, Ms. Hernandez analyzes the growth of Bachata from a socio-economic / political and cultural
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