by Iris M. Zavala · Letra Celeste · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788482112626
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«El bolero: historia de un amor» is Iris M. Zavala's essay on the history of the bolero, published by Celeste and Letra Celeste in paperback in 2000.
The work traces the evolution of the bolero from its Antillean roots and its relationship with the danzón, Negro spirituals, blues and jazz. Zavala analyzes the links between this genre, modernity and literary modernism, and studies it as a symbolic space where popular culture and the tradition of love lyric, sexual identity and erotic experience are negotiated, while denouncing racism, colonialism and fear of the other.
This is the updated and expanded edition. The text combines the essay with philosophical disquisition, poetry, sentimental autobiography and narrative, and includes references to performers such as Toña la Negra, Agustín Lara, Ruth Fernández and Olga Guillot, along with sepia photographic portraits. It is 229 pages in Spanish.
Aimed at readers interested in the history of Latin American popular music, classic bolero and cultural studies.
Iris M. Zavala was a Puerto Rican author, scholar, and poet, who later lived in Barcelona, Spain. She had over 50 works to her name, plus hundreds of articles, dissertations, and conferences and many of her writings, including "Nocturna, mas no funesta", build on and express this belief.
