The Great Woman Singer : Gender and Voice in Puerto Rican Music /

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Using a theoretical framework built on Lacan and Foucault, Licia Fiol-Matta traces the careers of four iconic female Puerto Rican singers (Myrta Silva, Ruth Fernández, Ernestina "La Calandria" Reyes, and Lucecita Benítez,) to explore how their voices, performance style, physical appearan...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fiol-Matta, Licia (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2017.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Women singers.
Music > Social aspects.
Music > Political aspects.
MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Latin
MUSIC > Printed Music > Vocal.
MUSIC > Lyrics.
MUSIC > Instruction & Study > Voice.
Musique > Aspect politique > Porto Rico.
Musique > Aspect social > Porto Rico.
Chanteuses > Porto Rico.
Music > Political aspects > Puerto Rico.
Music > Social aspects > Puerto Rico.
Women singers > Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Getting off...the nation
  • So what if she's Black?
  • Techne and the lady
  • The thinking voice.

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