Bachata: A Social History of a Dominican Popular Music
Bachata: A Social History of a Dominican Popular Music is a 1995 non-fiction book by Deborah Pacini Hernández, published by Temple University Press.
Background
[edit]The author wanted to write a book about merengue music, but changed her focus to bachata while visiting the Dominican Republic for research purposes.[1]
Content
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"Music and Dictatorship," the second chapter, described the genre under the rule of Rafael Trujillo.[2] The dictator preferred merengue over bachata and pushed the former to be more prominent.[3]
The conclusion gives a comparison between the subject to other popular music in other countries.[4]
Reception
[edit]Gage Averill of New York University concluded that overall the work is "remarkable and readable", although it is "uneven in places".[4]
John Charles Chasteen of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill praised the book for being "lucid" and reflecting the author's knowledge of the subject.[5]
Suzel Ana Reily of Queen's University, Belfast described the book as "an important contribution" about the subject.[6]
References
[edit]- Averill, Gage (1998). "Bachata: A Social History of a Dominican Popular Music by Deborah Pacini". NWIG: New West Indian Guide. 72 (3/4): 340–342. JSTOR 41849947.
- Chasteen, John Charles (1998). "Bachata: A Social History of Dominican Popular Music". Hispanic American Historical Review. 78 (1): 144–145. - Also at ProQuest
- Reily, Suzel Ana (1997). "Bachata: A Social History of a Dominican Popular Music". Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 3 (2): 169–170. doi:10.2307/3034382. JSTOR 3034382. - Also at Gale Group
Notes
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Goldstein, Donna (1999). "Bachata: A Social History of a Dominican Popular Music". Popular Music and Society. 23 (3): 105–108.
- Goldstein, Donna (2000). "Bachata: A Social History of a Dominican Popular Music". Popular Music and Society. 24 (2): 172–175.
- Morris, Nancy (1999). "Bachata: a social history of a Dominican popular music". Latin American Research Review. 34 (1): 187–200. doi:10.1017/S0023879100024353 – via Gale Group.
- "Rumba: Dance and Social Change in Contemporary Cuba; Bachata: A Social History of a Dominican Popular Music". Hemisphere. 9 (1). Miami: 50. December 1999.
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