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This book--complete with a compact disc and numerous illustrations and musical examples--provides a thorough introduction to the sound, lyrics, choreography, and social milieu of zouk music.

Table of Contents
List of the Musical Excerpts on the Compact Disc Acknowledgments Introduction Technical Notes 1: Zouk and the Isles of the Caribees 2: "Zouk-la Se Sel Medikaman Nou Ni" 3: On Zouk and Family Resemblance: Biguine, Compas Direct, and Cadence-Lypso 4: Biguine: Popular Music of Guadeloupe (1940-1960) Edouard Benoit 5: "Toujou Sou Konpa": Issues of Change and Interchange in Haitian Popular Dance Music Gage Averill 6: Cadence: The Dominican Experience Gregory Rabess 7: Three Constructions of Zouk: An Interpretation 8: Zouk in the Eighties 9: Zouk and the Local Music industries 10: Zouk as a World Music in the Lesser Antilles A gallery of photographs follows page Appendixes Discography Notes References Index

Zouk World Music in the West Indies

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      Publisher: University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 11/15/1993 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780226310411, 978-0226310411
      ISBN10: 0226310418
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book--complete with a compact disc and numerous illustrations and musical examples--provides a thorough introduction to the sound, lyrics, choreography, and social milieu of zouk music.

      Table of Contents
      List of the Musical Excerpts on the Compact Disc Acknowledgments Introduction Technical Notes 1: Zouk and the Isles of the Caribees 2: "Zouk-la Se Sel Medikaman Nou Ni" 3: On Zouk and Family Resemblance: Biguine, Compas Direct, and Cadence-Lypso 4: Biguine: Popular Music of Guadeloupe (1940-1960) Edouard Benoit 5: "Toujou Sou Konpa": Issues of Change and Interchange in Haitian Popular Dance Music Gage Averill 6: Cadence: The Dominican Experience Gregory Rabess 7: Three Constructions of Zouk: An Interpretation 8: Zouk in the Eighties 9: Zouk and the Local Music industries 10: Zouk as a World Music in the Lesser Antilles A gallery of photographs follows page Appendixes Discography Notes References Index

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