From Quebradita to Duranguense Dance in Mexican American Youth Culture

Name: From Quebradita to Duranguense Dance in Mexican American Youth Culture
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ISBN: 9780816526321

ISBN-10: 081652632X

ISBN-13: 9780816526321

Edition: 2nd 2007

Authors: Sydney Hutchinson

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Salsa and merengue are now so popular that they are household words for Americans of all ethnic backgrounds. Recent media attention is helping other Caribbean music styles like bachata to attain a similar status. Yet popular Mexican American dances remain unknown and invisible to most non-Latinos. Quebradita, meaning little break, is a modern Mexican American dance style that became hugely popular in Los Angeles and across the southwestern United States during the early to mid 1990s. Over the decade of its popularity, this dance craze offered insights into the social and cultural experience of Mexican American youth. Accompanied by banda, an energetic brass band music style, quebradita is…

Book details

List price: $26.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Publication date: 5/17/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.91" wide x 9.72" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English




Jumping on the Banda Wagon



Music and meaning on the border



Quebradita dancing



Quebradita in Los Angeles



Quebradita in Tucson



Pasito Duranguense



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