Product Description

Using the music of the 1920s and 1930s, this text examines Cuban society as it began to embrace Afrocuban culture. It demonstrates how music can function as the centre of racial and cultural conflict during the formation of a national identity.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1625122 in Books
• Published on: 1997-12-31
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 336 pages

Customer Reviews

an important work about race and music in cuba
Robin Moore's work is an important contribution to cuban studies. Combining archival research and interviews, Moore traces the arc of afrocuban cultural expression in the early 20th century from dispised cultural form to national symbol, a process, moore notes, which has interesting parallels to the United States. Scholarly but readable, this book is destined to become a standard work in cuban musicology and contributes to cultural, ethnic, and popular music studies.