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Cuban women and salsa : to the beat of their own drum
- Title
- Cuban women and salsa : to the beat of their own drum / Delia Poey.
- Author
- Poey, Delia
- Publication
- New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
- Supplementary Content
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Details
- 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
- 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.
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- JMD 14-622