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Bachata

A Social History of a Dominican Popular Music

Szerző: Deborah Pacini Hernandez

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Kötés: Puha kötésű

Kiadó: Temple University Press,U.S.

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Like rap in the United States, bachata began as a music of the poor and dispossessed. Originating in...

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Szerző

Deborah Pacini Hernandez

Nyelv

Angol

Kötés

Könyv - Puha kötésű

Kiadva

1995

oldal

381

EAN

9781566393003

ISBN

1566393000

Enbook ID

09089255

Kiadó

Temple University Press,U.S.

Súly

395

Méretek

152 x 229 x 25

Teljes leírás

Like rap in the United States, bachata began as a music of the poor and dispossessed. Originating in the shantytowns of the Dominican Republic, it reflects the social and economic dislocation of the poorest Dominicans. Derived from the Latin American tradition of guitar music, bachata emerged in the 1960s only to be denigrated by the media, mainstream musicians, and middle- and upper-class Dominicans, mainly because the lyrics often about hard drinking, women troubles, illicit sex, and male bravado were considered vulgar and worthless. While popular radio filled the air waves with merengue and salsa, bachata musicians were forced to develop their own system of producing and distributing their music. Not until Juan Luis Guerra won a Grammy in 1992 for his album "Bachata Rosa" did bachata gain legitimacy and international recognition. Deborah Pacini Hernandez traces the impact of political upheaval and rural migrations on the development of bachata and the Dominican music industry. Her multi-disciplinary study analyzes the changing attitudes about bachata and its principal musical competitor, merengue. She considers issues of sex and gender as perceived and expressed by bachata's mostly male musicians, especially in the context of changing patterns of marriage. Exploring how bachata like rap became respectable and even fashionable, Pacini Hernandez offers a unique perspective of five decades of social, economic, and political change in the Dominican Republic. Deborah Pacini Hernandez is Assistant Professor and Associate Director at the Center for Latin American Studies, University of Florida.