{"product_id":"agustin-lara-a-cultural-biography-hardcover","title":"Agustin Lara: A Cultural Biography - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrew Grant Wood\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew Mexican musicians in the twentieth century achieved as much notoriety or had such an international impact as the popular singer and songwriter Agustín Lara (1897-1970). Widely known as \"el flaco de oro\" (\"the Golden Skinny\"), this remarkably thin fellow was prolific across the genres of bolero, ballad, and folk. His most beloved \"Granada\", a song so enduring that it has been covered by the likes of Mario Lanza, Frank Sinatra, and Placido Domingo, is today a standard in the vocal repertory. However, there exists very little biographical literature on Lara in English. In \u003cem\u003eAgustín Lara: A Cultural Biography\u003c\/em\u003e, author Andrew Wood's informed and informative placement of Lara's work in a broader cultural context presents a rich and comprehensive reading of the life of this significant musical figure. Lara's career as a media celebrity as well as musician provides an excellent window on Mexican society in the mid-twentieth century and on popular culture in Latin America. Wood also\u003cbr\u003edelves into Lara's music itself, bringing to light how the composer's work unites a number of important currents in Latin music of his day, particularly the bolero. With close musicological focus and in-depth cultural analysis riding alongside the biographical narrative, \u003cem\u003eAgustin Lara: A Cultural Biography\u003c\/em\u003e is a welcome read to aficionados and performers of Latin American musics, as well as a valuable addition to the study of modern Mexican music and Latin American popular culture as a whole.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndrew Grant Wood \u003c\/strong\u003eis Stanley Rutland Associate Professor of American History at the University of Tulsa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.3 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 11, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47454525227186,"sku":"9780199892457","price":148.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/4c5011efc2f3769938c8a737f3dfa677.webp?v=1778853456","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/agustin-lara-a-cultural-biography-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}