My Music Is My Flag: Puerto Rican Musicians and Their New York Communities, 1917-1940 Volume 3

by Ruth Glasser

Book Overview

Puerto Rican music in New York is given center stage in Ruth Glasser's original and lucid study. Exploring the relationship between the social history and forms of cultural expression of Puerto Ricans, she focuses on the years between the two world wars. Her material integrates the experiences of the mostly working-class Puerto Rican musicians who struggled to make a living during this period with those of their compatriots and the other ethnic groups...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520208900
• ISBN13: 9780520208902
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"