Research Catalog

Title

Cuban women and salsa : to the beat of their own drum / Delia Poey.

Author

Poey, Delia

Publication

New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

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Description

177 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

"Although Salsa has garnered interest from various disciplines in the last fifteen years, the contributions of female performers has been largely ignored. This book adds to the field by tracing the participation of Cuban and Cuban-American women as either solo artists or lead vocals in the development and popularization of Salsa, highlighting their staging of gender, race and nation"--

Subject

• Salsa (Music) > History and criticism
• Women singers > Cuba
• PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / Modern
• SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture
• SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-172), discography (pages 153-156), and index.

Contents

Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- 1. From the Streets to the Nightclub: Rita Montaner and Celeste Mendoza as Salsa Precursors -- 2. Celia Cruz: From La guarachera de Cuba to the Queen of Salsa -- 3. La Lupe: The Excessive Performance of Race and Gender -- 4. Crossing Over: Gloria Estefan's Performance of the/on the Hyphen -- 5. No se parece a nada/ Not Like Anything Else: Albita Rodriguez Bends the Rules -- Conclusion.

Call Number

JMD 14-622

ISBN

• 9781137382818
• 1137382813

LCCN

2014017864

OCLC

881655981

Author

Poey, Delia, author.

Title

Cuban women and salsa : to the beat of their own drum / Delia Poey.

Publisher

New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-172), discography (pages 153-156), and index.

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Research Call Number

JMD 14-622