Creolizing contradance in the Caribbean / edited by Peter Manuel.
| Other author | Manuel, Peter, 1952- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Philadelphia : Temple University Press, |
| Description | 281 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + 1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.) |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Studies in Latin American and Caribbean music |
| Contents | Introduction : contradance and quadrille culture in the Caribbean / Peter Manuel -- Cuba: from contradanza to danzon / Peter Manuel -- Puerto Rico: the rise and fall of the danza as national music / Edgardo Diaz Diaz and Peter Manuel -- The Dominican Republic: danza and the contradanced merengue / Peter Manuel -- Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, and St. Lucia: creole quadrilles / Dominique Cyrille -- Haiti: tracing the steps of the meringue and contredanse / Michael Largey -- The English-speaking Caribbean: re-embodying the colonial ballroom / Kenneth Bilby and Daniel Neely. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2008043730 |
| ISBN | 9781592137343 (cloth : alk. paper) |