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When The Spirits Dance Mambo: Growing Up Nuyorican In El Barrio
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Bester Preis: € 10,18 (vom 03.03.2018)When the Spirits Dance Mambo: Growing Up Nuyorican in El Barrio
ISBN: 1400049245 bzw. 9781400049240, in Englisch, Three Rivers Press, gebraucht.
biographies,memoirs,mid atlantic,regional u.S.,specific groups,women, When rock and roll was transforming American culture in the 1950s and '60s, East Harlem pulsed with the sounds of mambo and merengue. Instead of Elvis and the Beatles, Marta Moreno Vega grew up worshipping Celia Cruz, Mario Bauza, and Arsenio Rodriguez. Their music could be heard on every radio in El Barrio and from the main stage at the legendary Palladium, where every weekend working-class kids dressed in their sharpest suits and highest heels and became mambo kings and queens. Spanish Harlem was a vibrant and dynamic world, but it was also a place of constant change, where the traditions of Puerto Rican parents clashed with their children's American ideals.A precocious little girl with wildly curly hair, Marta was the baby of the family and the favorite of her elderly abuela, who lived in the apartment down the hall. Abuela Luisa was the spiritual center of the family, an espiritista who smoked cigars and honored the Afro-Caribbean deities who had always protected their family. But it was Marta's brother, Chachito, who taught her the latest dance steps and called her from the pay phone at the Palladium at night so she could listen, huddled beneath the bedcovers, to the seductive rhythms of Tito Puente and his orchestra.In this luminous and lively memoir, Marta Moreno Vega calls forth the spirit of Puerto Rican New York and the music, mysticism, and traditions of a remarkable and quintessentially American childhood."Viva Marta Moreno Vega! With hones.
When the Spirits Dance Mambo: Growing Up Nuyorican in El Barrio (2004)
ISBN: 9781417674619 bzw. 141767461X, in Englisch, 280 Seiten, San Val, neu.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Chris's Bargains.
When rock and roll was transforming American culture in the 1950s and ’60s, East Harlem pulsed with the sounds of mambo and merengue. Instead of Elvis and the Beatles, Marta Moreno Vega grew up worshipping Celia Cruz, Mario Bauza, and Arsenio Rodriguez. Their music could be heard on every radio in El Barrio and from the main stage at the legendary Palladium, where every weekend working-class kids dressed in their sharpest suits and highest heels and became mambo kings and queens. Spanish Harlem was a vibrant and dynamic world, but it was also a place of constant change, where the traditions of Puerto Rican parents clashed with their children’s American ideals. A precocious little girl with wildly curly hair, Marta was the baby of the family and the favorite of her elderly abuela, who lived in the apartment down the hall. Abuela Luisa was the spiritual center of the family, an espiritista who smoked cigars and honored the Afro-Caribbean deities who had always protected their family. But it was Marta’s brother, Chachito, who taught her the latest dance steps and called her from the pay phone at the Palladium at night so she could listen, huddled beneath the bedcovers, to the seductive rhythms of Tito Puente and his orchestra. In this luminous and lively memoir, Marta Moreno Vega calls forth the spirit of Puerto Rican New York and the music, mysticism, and traditions of a remarkable and quintessentially American childhood. “Viva Marta Moreno Vega! With honesty, humor, and love, she relives her coming-of-age in Spanish Harlem—the highs and the lows—eloquently documenting how deeply rooted West African cultural traditions are in her rich Puerto Rican heritage. Marta Vega’s memoir makes me want to mambo.” —Susan Taylor, editorial director of Essence and author of Lessons in Living, Library Binding, Label: San Val, San Val, Product group: Book, Published: 2004-11, Studio: San Val, Sales rank: 9566476.
When the Spirits Dance Mambo: Growing Up Nuyorican in El Barrio (2004)
ISBN: 9781417674619 bzw. 141767461X, in Englisch, San Val, gebundenes Buch, gebraucht.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Hippo Books, OH, Toledo, [RE:4].
Light rubbing wear to cover, spine and page edges. Very minimal writing or notations in margins not affecting the text. Possible clean ex-library copy, with their stickers and or stamp(s). Library Binding, Turtleback School & Library ed.
When The Spirits Dance Mambo: Growing Up Nuyorican In El Barrio
ISBN: 9781574781564 bzw. 1574781561, in Englisch, Black Classic Press, neu.
Marta Morena Vega, Books, Biography and Memoir, When The Spirits Dance Mambo: Growing Up Nuyorican In El Barrio, When rock and roll was transforming American culture in the 1950s and '60s, East Harlem pulsed with the sounds of mambo and merengue. Instead of Elvis and the Beatles, Marta Moreno Vega grew up worshiping Celia Cruz, Mario Bauza, and Arsenio Rodriguez. Their music could be heard on every radio in El Barrio and from the main stage at the legendary Palladium, where every weekend working-class kids dressed in their sharpest suits and highest heels and became mambo kings and queens. Spanish Harlem was a vibrant and dynamic world, but it was also a place of constant change, where the traditions of Puerto Rican parents clashed with their children's American ideals. A precocious little girl with wildly curly hair, Marta was the baby of the family and the favorite of her elderly abuela, who lived in the apartment down the hall. Abuela Luisa was the spiritual center of the family, an espiritista who smoked cigars and honored the Afro-Caribbean deities who had always protected their family. But it was Marta's brother, Chachito, who taught her the latest dance steps and called her from the pay phone at the Palladium at night so she could listen, huddled beneath the bedcovers, to the seductive rhythms of Tito Puente and his orchestra. In this luminous and lively memoir, Marta Moreno Vega calls forth the spirit of Puerto Rican New York and the music, mysticism, and traditions of a remarkable and quintessentially American childhood.
When the Spirits Dance Mambo: Growing Up Nuyorican in El Barrio
ISBN: 9781417674619 bzw. 141767461X, in Englisch, San Val, gebraucht.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Free Shipping Books [8938484], Toledo, OH, U.S.A.
Light rubbing wear to cover, spine and page edges. Very minimal writing or notations in margins not affecting the text. Possible clean ex-library copy, with their stickers and or stamp(s).
When the Spirits Dance Mambo : Growing Up Nuyorican in El Barrio
ISBN: 9781400049240 bzw. 1400049245, in Englisch, Penguin Random House Llc, Taschenbuch, gebraucht.
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ISBN: 9781574781564 bzw. 1574781561, in Englisch, Black Classic Press, Taschenbuch, neu.
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When the Spirits Dance Mambo: Growing Up Nuyorican in El Barrio (2004)
ISBN: 9781417674619 bzw. 141767461X, in Englisch, San Val, gebundenes Buch, gebraucht.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, ExtremelyReliable, TX, Richmond, [RE:3].
Library Binding, Turtleback School & Library ed.