Buena Vista in the Club - Rap, Reggaeton, and Revolution in Havana

Informationen zum Autor Geoffrey Baker is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Music at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is the author of Imposing Harmony: Music and Society in Colonial Cuzco, also published by Duke University Press. Klappentext Geoffrey Baker is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Music at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is the author of Imposing Harmony: Music and Society in Colonial Cuzco, also published by Duke University Press. Zusammenfassung Geoffrey Baker traces the trajectory of the Havana hip hop scene from the late 1980s to the present and analyzes its partial eclipse by reggaetón. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1. ¡Hip Hop, Revolución!: Nationalizing Rap in Cuba 33 2. The Revolution of the Body: Reggaetón and the Politics of Dancing 108 3. The Havana You Don't Know: Urban Music and the Late Socialist City 178 4. Cuban Hip Hop All Stars: Transnationalism and the Politics of Representation 244 Conclusion. The Rise and Fall of Havana Hip Hop 334 Notes 365 Bibliography 383 Index 401

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Geoffrey Baker, Geoffrey/ Radano Baker
• Con la collaborazione di: Josh Kun (Editore), Ronald Radano (Editore)
• Editore: Duke University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 14.04.2011
• EAN: 9780822349402
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-4940-2
• Pagine: 424
• Serie: Refiguring American Music; Refiguring American Music
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Musica > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie