Cocinando!
Subtitle: Fifty Years of Latin Album Cover Art
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Published: February 11, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781568984605
Subjects: Graphic design; United States; History & Criticism - General; Art & Art Instruction; Art; Sound recordings; Popular music; History and criticism; Graphic Arts - General; Architecture / Design & Drafting; Non-Classifiable; Ethnomusicology; Album covers; Latin America
First sentence: During the 1940s and 1950s, independent labels that catered specifically to Latino audiences tended to feature stiff portraits of musicians or colorful illustrations that condescendingly harped on the perceived primitive nature of the music.