Mondo exotica: sounds, visions, obsessions of the cocktail generation

The Tiki hour -- Mondo exotica -- Exotic fragments -- The laboratory of Dr. Les Baxter -- Martin Denny: the frog and the prince -- The age of the grand expositions -- Cocktails all around -- The tribes of exotica -- A Venus in the lounge -- Destination: space-age pop -- The moon in stereo -- Crime j...

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Main Author: Adinolfi, Francesco 1960- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham Duke University Press 2008
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Summary:The Tiki hour -- Mondo exotica -- Exotic fragments -- The laboratory of Dr. Les Baxter -- Martin Denny: the frog and the prince -- The age of the grand expositions -- Cocktails all around -- The tribes of exotica -- A Venus in the lounge -- Destination: space-age pop -- The moon in stereo -- Crime jazz -- Shaken and stirred -- Italian style, from spies to exotica-erotica -- Italy's exotic adventures -- Lounge Italia -- La dolce vita -- Hangovers?
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-305), discography (p. [307]-355), and index
Physical Description:xii, 361 p
ISBN:9780822389088
0822389088

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