{"product_id":"cuban-zarzuela-performing-race-and-gender-on-havanas-lyric-stage-9780252033315","title":"Cuban Zarzuela  Performing Race and Gender on","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe dynamic genre of musical theater that transformed popular entertainment in Cuba\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReceived the Robert M. Stevenson Award from the American Musicological Society (AMS), 2011. Received the Pauline Alderman Award for Outstanding Scholarship on Women in Music in the category of best book from the International Alliance for Women in Music, 2009.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A fascinating interpretation and tightly focused look at the vernacular zarzuela ... as created in Cuba in the 1920s and 1930s.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Bulletin of the Society for American Music\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Thomas provides both an informative treatment of this allegoric play and a well-written sociocultural discourse on the relationship between gender, race, music and dance in 19th-century Havana. . . . A useful volume for students of Cuban history (particularly as it pertains to women) as well as musicology and ethnomusicology.”--\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"No other author addresses the Cuban zarzuela in such a distinctive manner. Susan Thomas offers revelatory musical and cultural analyses in a captivating narrative replete with unexpected twists and illuminating conclusions. Her interviews with performers are invaluable to the historical record and her methodology provides a model for others to follow. What a powerful contribution to the fields of musicology, ethnomusicology, gender studies, theater studies, and Latin American studies!\"--Janet Sturman, author of \u003ci\u003eZarzuela: Spanish Operetta, American Stage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A commendable job of fusing analytical techniques from historical musicology with broader issues from women's studies, cultural studies, and other disciplines. No other work focuses on this material with such a critical eye, and no other draws such interesting parallels between distinct zarzuelas as Thomas.\"--Robin D. Moore, author of \u003ci\u003eMusic and Revolution: Cultural Change in Socialist Cuba\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments   vii\u003cbr\u003e Introduction   1\u003cbr\u003e 1. Cuban Lyric Theater in Context   11\u003cbr\u003e 2. Eminently Feminine: The Politics of Gender and Genre   26\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Mulata Makes an Entrance: The Salidas of Maria Ia O, Cecilia Valdes, and Amalia Barista   40\u003cbr\u003e 4. From the Negrito to the Negro Tragico: The Changing Representation of Black Masculinity   81\u003cbr\u003e 5. Ingenues and Fallen Women: Representations of White Femininity   109\u003cbr\u003e 6. Ambivalent Heroes and Sensual Peasants: The Galan and the Criollo   154\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue   177\u003cbr\u003e Appendix   183\u003cbr\u003e Notes   191\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography   221\u003cbr\u003e Index   237","brand":"MO - University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51036814016855,"sku":"9780252033315","price":43.21,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252033315.jpg?v=1750932637","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/cuban-zarzuela-performing-race-and-gender-on-havanas-lyric-stage-9780252033315","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}