{"product_id":"cortijos-wake-el-entierro-de-cortijo-9780822332169","title":"Cortijo's Wake \/ El entierro de Cortijo","description":"\u003cp\u003eA bilingual edition of a renowned work of Puerto Rican literature  Cortijos Wake\/El entierro de Cortijo is novelist Edgardo Rodrguez Julis vivid description of the funeral of legendary Puerto Rican musician Rafael Cortijo. El entierro de Cortijo became an immediate bestseller following its original publication in Puerto Rico in 1983. An unparalleled Afro-Puerto Rican percussionist and bandleader  Cortijo (19281982) revolutionized the countrys musical culture. His band  Cortijo y Su Combo  captivated Caribbean and Latin American audiences as it emerged in the mid-1950s. Immensely popular across Puerto Rican social classes  the band both modernized the traditional vernacular forms of bomba and plena and forcefully reestablished their African and working-class roots. The groups innovations have been integral to salsa since the 1960s. Winding through the streets of working-class San Juan with Cortijos funeral procession  Rodrguez Julis autobiographical chronicle provides a rare portrait of the impoverished society from which Cortijos music emerged. Along with detailed renderings of grief-stricken mournersincluding Cortijos childhood friend and fellow musician  the celebrated singer Ismael (\"Maelo\") RiveraRodrguez Juli records his feelings as he  a light-skinned  middle-class writer  confronts the world of poor black Puerto Ricans. The authors masterful shifting of linguistic registers  his acute sensitivity to Puerto Rican social codes  his broad knowledge of popular music  and his sardonic ruminations on death and immortality make this one of the most widely read books of modern Puerto Rican literature. Well-known critic and cultural historian Juan Flores has provided a scrupulous translation of Rodrguez Julis text and an introduction situating the book in relation to Puerto Rican music and culture and the careers of Cortijo and Rodrguez Juli.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651611320373,"sku":"ByrdShop_0822332167","price":40.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780822332169.jpg?v=1781836434","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/cortijos-wake-el-entierro-de-cortijo-9780822332169","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}