Here's a list of books that we recommend
to anyone interested in further exploring the roots of Latin
music. We would like thank Charity Dell for organizing
this list. NOTE: this list is in no particular order of importance.
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22. MUSICA! The Rhythm of Latin America.
Sue Steward, Willie Colon.
Chronicle Books, 1999.
ISBN 0811825663
23. MUSICAL MIGRATIONS: Transnationalism
and Cultural
Hybridity in Latin/o America.
Frances R. Aparacio.
Palgrave McMillan, 2002.
ISBN 1403960011
24. MY MUSIC IS MY FLAG: Puerto Rican
Musicians and
Their New York Communities, 1917-1940.
Ruth Glaser.
University of California Press, 1995.
ISBN 0-520-20890-0
25. NARCOCORRIDO: A Journey into the
Music of Drugs, Guns and Guerillas.
Elijah Wald.
Rayo, 2001.
ISBN 0066210240
26. REGGAE WISDOM: Proverbs in Jamaican
Music.
SW. Anand Prahlad.
University Press of Mississippi, 2001.
ISBN 1578063191
27. RHYTHMS OF RESISTANCE: The African
Musical Heritage
of Brazil.
Peter Fryer.
Wesleyan University Press, 2000.
ISBN 0819564184
28. RITES OF RHYTHM: The Music of Cuba.
Jory Farr.
Regan Books, 2003.
ISBN 006009038
29. THE ROUGH GUIDE TO CUBAN MUSIC.
Philip Sweeney.
Rough Guides, 2001.
ISBN 1858287618
30. RUMBA: Dance and Social Change in
Contemporary Cuba.
Yvonne Daniel.
Indiana University, 1995.
ISBN 0253316057
31. SALSIOLOGY: Afro-Cuban Music and
the Evolution of
Salsa in New York City.
Vernon W. Boggs.
Greenwood Publishing Group, 1992.
32. SAMBA: Resistance in Motion.
Barbara Browning.
Indiana University Press, 1995.
ISBN 0253209560
ISBN 0313284667
33. SITUATING SALSA: Global Markets
and Local Meanings in Latin Popular Music.
Lise Waxer.
Routledge, 2002.
ISBN 0815340206
34. TANGO AND THE POLITICAL ECONOMY
OF PASSION.
Marta E. Savigliano
Westview Press, 1995.
ISBN 0813316383
35. TITO PUENTE and the Making of Latin
Music.
Steven Joseph Loza.
University of Illinois, 1999.
ISBN 0252067789
36. TROPICAL TRUTH: A Story of Music
and Revolution in Brasil.
Caetano Velosa.
Da Capo Press, 2003.
ISBN 0-375-40788-X
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