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

(Part of the Refiguring American Music Series)

by Licia Fiol-Matta

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Licia Fiol-Matta traces the careers of four iconic Puerto Rican singers--Myrta Silva, Ruth Fern ndez, Ernestina Reyes, and Lucecita Ben tez--to explore how their voices and performance style transform the possibilities for comprehending the figure of the woman singer. Fiol-Matta shows how these musicians, despite seemingly intractable demands to represent gender norms, exercised their artistic and political agency by challenging expectations of how...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0822362937

ISBN13:9780822362937

Release Date:February 2017

Publisher:Duke University Press

Length:312 Pages

Weight:0.95 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"

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Arts, Music & Photography History Music Social Science Social Sciences

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