Tigers of a different stripe
Subtitle: performing gender in Dominican music
By: Sydney Hutchinson
Series: Chicago studies in ethnomusicology; Chicago studies in ethnomusicology
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9780226405322; 9780226405469
Subjects: Gender identity in music; Popular music; History and criticism
Other titles: Performing gender in Dominican music
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-267) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: A gendered history; title: Tatico forever; title: Fefita the Great; title: Filosofía de calle : transnational tigueraje; title: Temporary transvestites : cross-dressing merengue, bachata, and reggaetón; title: Listening sideways : the transgenre work of Rita Indiana; title: Dispatch from an imaginary island; title: Appendix A. Dominican musics mentioned in this book; title: Appendix B. A comparison of two accordionists' botaos; title: Appendix C. Movement and gesture analysis of Fefita la Grande performing "La chiflera."