Music and revolution : cultural change in socialist Cuba /

Moore, Robin, 1964-

Music and revolution : cultural change in socialist Cuba / Robin D. Moore. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2006. - xvi, 350 p. : ill., music ; 23 cm. - Music of the African diaspora ; 9 .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-339) and index.

Music and the arts in socialist Cuba -- Revelry and revolution : the paradox of the 1950s -- Music and social change in the first years -- Artistic institutions, initiatives, and policies -- Dance music and the politics of fun -- Transformations in Nueva Trova -- Afro-Cuban folklore in a raceless society -- Ay, dios ampâarame : sacred music and revolution -- Music and ideological crisis -- Musical politics into the new millennium.

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Music--Political aspects--Cuba.
Music--History and criticism.--Cuba--20th century
Socialism and music.

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