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Mondo exotica : sounds, visions, obsessions of the cocktail generation / Francesco Adinolfi ; edited and translated by Karen Pinkus with Jason Vivrette.

Author/creator Adinolfi, Francesco, 1960-
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoDurham : Duke University Press, 2008.
Descriptionxii, 361 pages ; 25 cm
Subject(s)
Uniform titleMondo exotica. English
Contents 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?
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [267]-305), discography (p. [307]-355), and index.
LCCN 2007044860
ISBN9780822341321 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0822341328 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780822341567 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0822341565 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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