Creolizing Contradance in the Caribbean
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Creolizing Contradance in the Caribbean

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Creolizing Contradance in the Caribbean

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The contradance and quadrille, in their diverse forms, were the most popular, widespread, and important genres of creole caribbean music and dance in the nineteenth century. Throughout the region they constituted sites for interaction of musicians and musical elements of different racial, social, and ethnic origins, and they became crucibles for the evolution of genres like the Cuban danzĂłn and son, the Dominican merengue, and the Haitian mereng.

Creolizing Contradance in the Caribbean is the first book to explore this phenomenon in detail and with a pan-regional perspective. Individual chapters by respected area experts discuss the Spanish, French, and English-speaking Caribbean. For each area they cover the musical and choreographic features, social dynamics, historical development and significance, and discuss them in relation to the broader Caribbean historical context. This groundbreaking text fills a significant gap in studies of Caribbean cultural history and of social dance.

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Publisher
Temple University Press
Year
2009
ISBN
9781592137367
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Music

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. 1 Introduction: Contradance and Quadrille Culture in the Caribbean
  3. 2 Cuba: From Contradanza to DanzĂłn
  4. 3 Puerto Rico: The Rise and Fall of the Danza as National Music
  5. 4 The Dominican Republic: Danza and the Contradanced Merengue
  6. 5 Creole Quadrilles of Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, and St. Lucia
  7. 6 Haiti: Tracing the Steps of the MĂ©ringue and Contredanse
  8. 7 The English-Speaking Caribbean: Re-embodying the Colonial Ballroom
  9. Contributors
  10. Contents of the Compact Disc
  11. Index