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My Music Is My Flag: Puerto Rican Musicians and Their New York Communities, 1917-1940
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Univ of California Pr
Publication date March 1, 1995
Binding Hardcover
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780520081222
ISBN-10 0520081226
Dimensions 1.25 by 6.25 by 9.25 in.
Weight 1.45 lbs.
Availability§ Out of Print
Original list price $85.00
Other format details university press
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Puerto Rican music in New York is given center stage in Ruth Glasser's original and lucid study. Exploring the relationship between the social history and forms of cultural expression of Puerto Ricans, she focuses on the years between the two world wars. Her material integrates the experiences of the mostly working-class Puerto Rican musicians who struggled to make a living during this period with those of their compatriots and the other ethnic groups with whom they shared the cultural landscape.

Through recorded songs and live performances, Puerto Rican musicians were important representatives for the national consciousness of their compatriots on both sides of the ocean. Yet they also played with African-American and white jazz bands, Filipino or Italian-American orchestras, and with other Latinos. Glasser provides an understanding of the way musical subcultures could exist side by side or even as a part of the mainstream, and she demonstrates the complexities of cultural nationalism and cultural authenticity within the very practical realm of commercial music.

Illuminating a neglected epoch of Puerto Rican life in America, Glasser shows how ethnic groups settling in the United States had choices that extended beyond either maintenance of their homeland traditions or assimilation into the dominant culture. Her knowledge of musical styles and performance enriches her analysis, and a discography offers a helpful addition to the text.


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9780520081222 | details & prices | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.45 lbs | List price $85.00
About: Puerto Rican music in New York is given center stage in Ruth Glasser's original and lucid study.
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Reprint edition from Univ of California Pr (April 1, 1997)
9780520208902 | details & prices | 6.25 × 9.50 × 0.75 in. | 1.05 lbs | List price $31.95

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