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Island Sounds in the Global City: Caribbean Popular Music & Identity in New York

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Island Sounds in the Global City: Caribbean Popular Music & Identity in New York [Paperback]

Ruth Glasser (Author), Peter Manuel (Author), Paul Austerlitz (Author), Juan Flores (Author), Donald Hill (Author), Philip Kasinitz (Author), Les Slater (Author), Ray Allen (Author, Editor), Lois Wilcken (Author, Editor)

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Publication Date: July 1998

The Big Apple has been a crossroads for Caribbean music and culture since the early years of this century. This collection of critical essays surveys a rich mosaic of popular Caribbean styles and explores the fascinating relationship between music and cultural identity in America's largest, most diverse urban center.

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Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: Univ of Illinois Pr (July 1998)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0966147200
ISBN-13: 978-0966147209
Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,843,819 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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