My Music Is My Flag : Puerto Rican Musicians and Their New York Communities, 1917-1940 / Ruth Glasser; ed. by Ruth Glasser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Glasser, Ruth, Author.

Contributor:

Glasser, Ruth, Editor.

Series:

Latin American Studies Center, UCLA

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Popular music--History and criticism--New York (State)--New York.

Popular music.

Popular music--History and criticism--Puerto Rico.

Popular music--New York (State)--New York--History and criticism.

Popular music--Puerto Rico--History and criticism.

Puerto Ricans--Ethnic identity--New York (State)--New York--New York (State)--New York--Puerto Rico.

Puerto Ricans.

Puerto Ricans--Music--History and criticism--New York (State)--New York.

Puerto Ricans--New York (State)--New York--Ethnic identity.

Puerto Ricans--New York (State)--New York--Music--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 p.) ill

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [1996]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Puerto Rican music in New York is given center stage in Ruth Glasser's original and lucid study. Exploring the relationship between the social history and forms of cultural expression of Puerto Ricans, she focuses on the years between the two world wars. Her material integrates the experiences of the mostly working-class Puerto Rican musicians who struggled to make a living during this period with those of their compatriots and the other ethnic groups with whom they shared the cultural landscape.Through recorded songs and live performances, Puerto Rican musicians were important representatives for the national consciousness of their compatriots on both sides of the ocean. Yet they also played with African-American and white jazz bands, Filipino or Italian-American orchestras, and with other Latinos. Glasser provides an understanding of the way musical subcultures could exist side by side or even as a part of the mainstream, and she demonstrates the complexities of cultural nationalism and cultural authenticity within the very practical realm of commercial music.Illuminating a neglected epoch of Puerto Rican life in America, Glasser shows how ethnic groups settling in the United States had choices that extended beyond either maintenance of their homeland traditions or assimilation into the dominant culture. Her knowledge of musical styles and performance enriches her analysis, and a discography offers a helpful addition to the text.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Illustrations

Preface

Introduction

1. "In Our House, Music Was Eaten for Breakfast"

2. From "Indianola" to "No Cola" The Strange Career of the Afro-Puerto Rican Musician

3. Pipe Wrenches and Valve Trombones Puerto Rican Worker-Musicians

4. "Vente Tu" Puerto Rican Musicians and the Recording Industry

5. "El Home Relief" Canario and the New York Plena

Conclusion: Son de Borinquen, Son del Barrio

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 09. Dez 2023)

ISBN:

0-520-91911-4

0-585-24970-9

OCLC:

1414457534