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Cuban Women and Salsa : To the Beat of Their Own Drum / by D. Poey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Poey, D., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethnology.
- Culture.
- Dance.
- Ethnology--Latin America.
- Arts.
- Performing arts.
- Theater.
- Culture--Study and teaching.
- Regional Cultural Studies.
- Latin American Culture.
- Theatre and Performance Arts.
- Cultural Studies.
- Local Subjects:
- Regional Cultural Studies.
- Dance.
- Latin American Culture.
- Arts.
- Theatre and Performance Arts.
- Cultural Studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (190 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2014.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Salsa is both an American and transnational phenomenon, however women in salsa have been neglected. To explore how female singers negotiate issues of gender, race, and nation through their performances, Poey engages with the ways they problematize the idea of the nation and facilitate their musical performances' movement across multiple borders.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 From the Streets to the Nightclub: Rumberas 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 Rodríguez Bends the Rules; Conclusion; Notes; Discography; Works Cited; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references, discography and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781349480166
- 1349480169
- 9781137382825
- 1137382821
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