Caribbean Currents: Caribbean Music from Rumba to Reggae, Revised Edition - Softcover

Manuel, Peter; Bilby, Kenneth; Largey, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1592134637 ISBN 13: 9781592134632

Publisher: Temple University Press, 2006

Synopsis

"Caribbean Currents" presents an engaging panorama of the rich and diverse musics of the Caribbean region. This expanded and updated edition of the award-winning book covers recent developments in the region's music, such as the emergence of reggaeton and timba and includes a new and extensive study of Jamaican dancehall. Among the other additions are twenty-seven illustrations. The authors cover the historical development and current forms of the musics of Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Trinidad, the French Caribbean, the lesser Antilles, and their transnational communities in the United States and elsewhere. They also succinctly and perceptively situate the musical music styles and developments in the context of themes of gender and racial dynamics, socio-political background, and diasporic dimensions. Written in a style that is at once readable, entertaining, and scholarly, "Caribbean Currents" is an ideal resource for students, musicians, and general readers.

About this title

From the Publisher

The classic introduction to the Caribbean's popular music brought up to date

Outstanding Academic Books, Choice, 1996

Gordon K. Lewis Memorial Award for Caribbean Scholarship, Caribbean Studies Association, 1996

From the Back Cover

Praise for the First Edition: "Professor Manuel is a superb ethnomusicologist with several important books to his credit. He is well versed in the intricacies of hybrid music forms on the Caribbean... This is an excellent summary volume on Caribbean music." —Raul Fernandez, Professor of Social Sciences, University of California at Irvine

"This excellent book encompasses Caribbean music in all its diversity and complexity. Manuel shows a great deal of contemporary sensibility and sensitivity in covering this fertile region of world music—he is able to relate the many musical traditions present in the region to those that are present in world music today." —Juan Flores, Director, Centro de Estudio Puertoriqueños, City University of New York

Edition details

• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1592134637
• ISBN 13: 9781592134632
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 336