Francesco Adinolfi

Mondo Exotica: Sounds, Visions, Obsessions of the Cocktail Generation

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Produktbeschreibung

The sounds and cultural obsessions of the space age/Cold War period and their reflection in the emergence of exotica and tiki culture.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: April 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 166mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 526g
• ISBN-13: 9780822341567
• ISBN-10: 0822341565
• Artikelnr.: 23370350

Autorenporträt

Francesco Adinolfi Edited and translated by Karen Pinkus with Jason Vivrette

Inhaltsangabe

Preface / Karen Pinkus vii
1. The Tiki Hour 1
2. Mondo Exotica 17
3. Exotic Fragments 34
4. The Laboratory of Dr. Les Baxter 45
5. Martin Denny: The Frog and the Prince 57
6. The Age of the Grand Expositions 67
7. Cocktails All Around 78
8. The Tribes of Exotica 96
9. A Venus in the Lounge 111
10. Destination: Space-Age Pop 121
11. The Moon in Stereo 145
12. Crime Jazz 168
13. Shaken and Stirred 180
14. Italian Style, from Spies to Exotica-Erotica 192
15. Italy's Exotic Adventures 211
16. Lounge Italia 226
17. La Dolce Vita 235
18. Hangovers? 262
Notes 267
Discography 307
Index 355