Teresa Benzwie
Young children dance their way through the alphabet, learning as they play
32 pages
| 8.5 x 11
David F. García
The life and times of one of Cuba's most important musicians
224 pages
| 6 x 9
| 5 tables, 18 figures, 12 halftones
The Carnival Culture of Trinidad
Peter Mason
How carnival expresses and celebrates Trinidadian culture
192 pages
| 6 x 9
An Autobiography
Babatunde Olatunji and Robert Atkinson
The story of how Drums of Passion introduced Americans to West African music
272 pages
| 6 x 9
| 28 halftones
Stories from the Philadelphia Orchestra's Historic Journey to China
Jennifer Lin
An eye-opening account of the Philadelphia Orchestra’s unprecedented 1973 visit to the People’s Republic of China
192 pages
| 10 x 8
| 92 photographs
Samba, Bossa Nova, and the Popular Music of Brazil, Revised and Expanded Edition
Chris McGowan and Ricardo Pessanha
An encyclopedia survey of Brazilian popular music—now updated and expanded
256 pages
| 7 x 10
| 10 figures, 171 halftones, 10 maps
Caribbean Music from Rumba to Reggae
Peter Manuel with Michael Largey
The classic introduction to the Caribbean's popular music brought up to date
360 pages
| 6 x 9
| 39 line drawings, 51 halftones, 1 map
The Political Power of Music, 1960s-1973
J. Patrice McSherry
An examination of the Chilean New Song movement as an organic part of the struggles for progressive social change, deeper democracy, and social justice in Chile in the 1960s and early 1970s
254 pages
| 6 x 9
Edited by Peter Manuel
How contradance and quadrille gave rise to merengue, danzón and other popular Creole dances
288 pages
| 6 x 9
| 35 figures
Gender, Performance, and Democratization in Malawi
Lisa Gilman
How gender and class intersect in Malawi through women's roles as political praise performers
268 pages
| 6 x 9
| 2 maps 2 figures 10 halftones
Producing and Performing The Sleeping Beauty
Laura Katz Rizzo
The Sleeping Beauty and the story of ballet in Pennsylvania
212 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
| 6 halftones
Performing in the Filipino/American Diaspora
Theodore S. Gonzalves
Exploring the ways that cultural celebrations challenge official accounts of the past while reinventing culture and history for Filipino American college students
228 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
Critical Essays on Rap Music and Hip Hop Culture
Edited by William Eric Perkins
Leading authorities write on the complex—and sometimes controversial—history, politics, and culture of rap and hip hop
288 pages
| 6 x 9
The Life and Times of Felipe García Villamil, santero, palero, and abakuá
María Teresa Vélez
The world through the eyes of a master religious drummer
256 pages
| 6 x 9
| 1 figure, 27 halftones
Tân-Singing, Chutney, and the Making of Indo-Caribbean Culture
Peter Manuel
An introduction to the music of Indo-Caribbean culture
288 pages
| 7 x 10
| 1 map 34 figures 18 halftones
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