Mondo exotica
Subtitle: sounds, visions, obsessions of the cocktail generation
By: Francesco Adinolfi ; edited and translated by Karen Pinkus with Jason Vivrette.
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Durham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 361
ISBN-13: 9780822341321; 9780822341567
Subjects: Popular music -- 1951-1960 -- History and criticism; Popular music -- 1961-1970 -- History and criticism; Exoticism in music
Work titles: Mondo exotica.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-305), discography (p. [307]-355), and index.
Table of contents: title: The tiki hour; title: Mondo exotica; title: Exotic fragments; title: The laboratory of Dr. Les Baxter; title: Martin Denny: the frog and the prince; title: The age of the grand expositions; title: Cocktails all around; title: The tribes of exotica; title: A venus in the lounge; title: Destination: space-age pop; title: The moon in stereo; title: Crime jazz; title: Shaken and stirred; title: Italian style, from spies to exotica-erotica; title: Italy's exotic adventures; title: Lounge Italia; title: La dolce vita; title: Hangovers?