Bachata and Dominican Identity / La bachata y la identidad dominicana
Bachata--a guitar-based romantic music that debuted in Santo Domingo''s urban shantytowns in the 1960s--is today one of the hottest Latin genres. Still, fans and musicians have not forgotten the social stigma the genre carried for decades. This book interweaves bachata''s history and development with the socio-political context of Dominican identity. The author argues that its early disfavor re...
Bachata--a guitar-based romantic music that debuted in Santo Domingo''s urban shantytowns in the 1960s--is today one of the hottest Latin genres. Still, fans and musicians have not forgotten the social stigma the genre carried for decades. This book interweaves bachata''s history and development with the socio-political context of Dominican identity. The author argues that its early disfavor re...
