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Tigers of a Different Stripe: Performing Gender in Dominican Music (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology)
Sydney Hutchinson
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Paperback. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJD; AVGH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Tigers of a Different Stripe takes readers inside the unique world of merengue tipico, a traditional music of the Dominican Republic. While in most genres of Caribbean music women usually participate as dancers or vocalists, in merengue tipico they are more often instrumentalists and even bandleaders something nearly unheard of in the macho Caribbean music scene. Examining this cultural phenomenon, Sydney Hutchinson offers an unexpected and fascinating account of gender in Dominican art and life. Drawing on over a decade of fieldwork in the Dominican Republic and New York among musicians, fans, and patrons of merengue tipico not to mention ... Read more
Tigers of a Different Stripe takes readers inside the unique world of merengue tipico, a traditional music of the Dominican Republic. While in most genres of Caribbean music women usually participate as dancers or vocalists, in merengue tipico they are more often instrumentalists and even bandleaders something nearly unheard of in the macho Caribbean music scene. Examining this cultural phenomenon, Sydney Hutchinson offers an unexpected and fascinating account of gender in Dominican art and life. Drawing on over a decade of fieldwork in the Dominican Republic and New York among musicians, fans, and patrons of merengue tipico not to mention ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology
Condition
New
Weight
362g
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226405469
SKU
V9780226405469
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About Sydney Hutchinson
Sydney Hutchinson is assistant professor of ethnomusicology at Syracuse University. She is the editor of Salsa World and author of From Quebradita to Duranguense.
Reviews for Tigers of a Different Stripe: Performing Gender in Dominican Music (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology)
Tigers of a Different Stripe forges new ground in the study of Caribbean culture by treating vital issues of gender, race, and transnationalism as they manifest in the very act of musical performance. Hutchinson's background as a merengue accordionist informs her rigorous attention to the intersection of social contexts, lyrics, and musical style. It also buttresses her close relationships with ... Read more