Christina D Abreu

(Author)

Rhythms of Race: Cuban Musicians and the Making of Latino New York City and Miami, 1940-1960Paperback, 4 May 2015

Rhythms of Race: Cuban Musicians and the Making of Latino New York City and Miami, 1940-1960
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Part of Series
Envisioning Cuba
Part of Series
Envisioning Cuba (Paperback)
Print Length
322 pages
Language
English
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
Date Published
4 May 2015
ISBN-10
1469620847
ISBN-13
9781469620848

Description

Among the nearly 90,000 Cubans who settled in New York City and Miami in the 1940s and 1950s were numerous musicians and entertainers, black and white, who did more than fill dance halls with the rhythms of the rumba, mambo, and cha cha cha. In her history of music and race in midcentury America, Christina D. Abreu argues that these musicians, through their work in music festivals, nightclubs, social clubs, and television and film productions, played central roles in the development of Cuban, Afro-Cuban, Latino, and Afro-Latino identities and communities. Abreu draws from previously untapped oral histories, cultural materials, and Spanish-language media to uncover the lives and broader social and cultural significance of these vibrant performers.

Keeping in view the wider context of the domestic and international entertainment industries, Abreu underscores how the racially diverse musicians in her study were also migrants and laborers. Her focus on the Cuban presence in New York City and Miami before the Cuban Revolution of 1959 offers a much needed critique of the post-1959 bias in Cuban American studies as well as insights into important connections between Cuban migration and other twentieth-century Latino migrations.

Product Details

Author:
Christina D Abreu
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
4 May 2015
Dimensions:
23.11 x 15.49 x 2.29 cm
ISBN-10:
1469620847
ISBN-13:
9781469620848
Language:
English
Location:
Chapel Hill
Pages:
322
Weight:
476.27 gm

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