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Bachata and Dominican Identity/La bachata y la identidad dominicana

by Julie A. Sellers

bilingual ed. McFarland. 2014. 304p. ISBN 9780786476732. pap. $45; ebk. ISBN 9781476616384.

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Sellers recounts the origins and evolution of bachata, one of the most popular Latin music genres, which started in the Dominican Republic in the 1960s.

Reviewed by Libbhy Romero , May 01, 2016

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