Creolizing Contradance in the Caribbean

Contents

• 1. Introduction: Contradance and Quadrille Culture in the Caribbean
• 2. Cuba: From Contradanza to Danzon
• 3. Puerto Rico: The Rise and Fall of the Danza as National Music
• 4. The Dominican Republic: Danza and the Contradanced Merengue
• 5. Creole Quadrilles of Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, and St. Lucia
• 6. Haiti: Tracing the Steps of the Meringue and Contredanse
• 7. The English-Speaking Caribbean: Re-embodying the Colonial Ballroom
• Contributors
• Contents of the Compact Disc
• Index