Rhythms of race
Subtitle: Cuban musicians and the making of Latino New York City and Miami, 1940-1960
By: Christina D. Abreu
Series: Envisioning Cuba; Envisioning Cuba
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9781469620848
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Cuban Americans; Music; Music and race; Hispanic American musicians; History and criticism; History
Description: "Among the nearly 90,000 Cubans who settled in New York City and Miami in the 1940s and 1950s were numerous musicians and entertainers, black and white, who did more than fill dance halls with the rhythms of the rumba, mambo, and cha cha chá. In her history of music and race in midcentury America, Christina D. Abreu argues that these musicians, through their work in music festivals, nightclubs, social clubs, and television and film productions, played central roles in the development of Cuban, Afro-Cuban, Latino, and Afro-Latino identities and communities. Abreu draws from previously untapped oral histories, cultural materials, and Spanish-language media to uncover the lives and broader social and cultural significance of these vibrant performers"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-287) and index.
Table of contents: title: Race and the roots/routes traced by Latin musicians; title: Cuban musicians and New York City's Cuban social clubs; title: A place for nation in the diaspora; title: La Prensa's musical popularity contests and fund-raising festivals; title: Real and imagined representations of (Afro- )Cubanness and Latinness; title: Cubans in Miami's Pan-American paradise.