Creolizing Contradance in the Caribbean (Studies In Latin America & Car)

The contradance and the quadrille, in their diverse forms, were the most popular and important genres of creole Caribbean music and dance in the nineteenth century. Throughout the region, they were sites of interaction for musicians and musical elements of different racial, social, and ethnic origins, and they became crucibles for the evolution of genres like the Cuban danzon and son, the Dominican merengue, and the Haitian mereng. Creolizing Contradance in the Caribbean, the first book to explore this phenomenon in detail and with a pan-regional perspective, includes chapters on the Spanish-, French-, and English-speaking Caribbean. Each covers the musical and choreographic features, social dynamics, historical development, and significance of the genres and discusses them in relation to the broader Caribbean historical context. The contradance and quadrille, in their diverse forms, were the most popular, widespread, and important genres of creole caribbean music and dance in the nineteenth century. Throughout the region they constituted sites for interaction of musicians and musical elements of different racial, social, and ethnic origins, and they became crucibles for the evolution of genres like the Cuban danzón and son, the Dominican merengue, and the Haitian mereng. Creolizing Contradance in the Caribbean is the first book to explore this phenomenon in detail and with a pan-regional perspective. Individual chapters by respected area experts discuss the Spanish, French, and English-speaking Caribbean. For each area they cover the musical and choreographic features, social dynamics, historical development and significance, and discuss them in relation to the broader Caribbean historical context. This groundbreaking text fills a significant gap in studies of Caribbean cultural history and of social dance. Introduction : Contradance And Quadrille Culture In The Caribbean / Peter Manuel -- Cuba : From Contradanza To Danzón / Peter Manuel -- Puerto Rico : The Rise And Fall Of The Danza As National Music / Edgardo Díaz Díaz And Peter Manuel -- The Dominican Republic : Danza And The Contradanced Merengue / Peter Manuel -- Creole Quadrilles Of Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, And St. Lucia / Dominique O. Cyrille -- Haiti : Tracing The Steps Of The Méringue And Contredanse / Michael Largey -- The English-speaking Caribbean : Re-embodying The Colonial Ballroom / Kenneth M. Bilby And Daniel T. Neely. Edited By Peter Manuel. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Contents......Page 6 1 Introduction: Contradance and Quadrille Culture in the Caribbean......Page 8 2 Cuba: From Contradanza to Danzón......Page 58 3 Puerto Rico: The Rise and Fall of the Danza as National Music......Page 120 4 The Dominican Republic: Danza and the Contradanced Merengue......Page 162 5 Creole Quadrilles of Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, and St. Lucia......Page 195 6 Haiti: Tracing the Steps of the Méringue and Contredanse......Page 216 7 The English-Speaking Caribbean: Re-embodying the Colonial Ballroom......Page 238 Contributors......Page 278 Contents of the Compact Disc......Page 280 Index......Page 282 Introduction : contradance and quadrille culture in the Caribbean / Peter Manuel Cuba : from contradanza to danzon / Peter Manuel Puerto Rico : the rise and fall of the danza as national music / Edgardo Diaz Diaz and Peter Manuel The Dominican Republic : danza and the contradanced merengue / Peter Manuel Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, and St. Lucia : creole quadrilles / Dominique Cyrille Haiti : tracing the steps of the meringue and contredanse / Michael Largey The English-speaking Caribbean : re-embodying the colonial ballroom / Kenneth Bilby and Daniel Neely. Temple University Press Contents 6 1 Introduction: Contradance and Quadrille Culture in the Caribbean 8 2 Cuba: From Contradanza to Danzón 58 3 Puerto Rico: The Rise and Fall of the Danza as National Music 120 4 The Dominican Republic: Danza and the Contradanced Merengue 162 5 Creole Quadrilles of Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, and St. Lucia 195 6 Haiti: Tracing the Steps of the Méringue and Contredanse 216 7 The English-Speaking Caribbean: Re-embodying the Colonial Ballroom 238 Contributors 278 Contents of the Compact Disc 280 Index 282 ISBN-13:,9781592137343 The contradance and quadrille, in their diverse forms, were the most popular, widespread, and important genres of creole Caribbean music and dance in the nineteenth century. This book explores this phenomenon with a pan-regional perspective. It features chapters that discuss the Spanish, French, and English-speaking Caribbean.