BIBLIO is the largest independent book marketplace in the world, with over 100 million books.

Skip to content

Listening to Rosita: The Business of Tejana Music and Culture, 1930-1955 Volume
Stock photo: cover may vary

Listening to Rosita: The Business of Tejana Music and Culture, 1930-1955 Volume 9 Hardback - 2015

by Mary Ann Villarreal

Add to wish list

Reader reviews for Listening to Rosita: The Business of Tejana Music and Culture, 1930-1955 Volume 9

From the publisher


Everybody in the bar had to drop a quarter in the jukebox or be shamed by "Momo" Villarreal. It wasn't about the money, Mary Ann Villarreal's grandmother insisted. It was about the music--more songs for all the patrons of the Pecan Lounge in Tivoli, Texas. But for Mary Ann, whose schoolbooks those quarters bought, the money didn't hurt.

When as an adult Villarreal began to wonder how the few recordings of women singers made their way into that jukebox, questions about the money seemed inseparable from those about the music. In Listening to Rosita, Villarreal seeks answers by pursuing the story of a small group of Tejana singers and entrepreneurs in Corpus Christi, Houston, and San Antonio--the "Texas Triangle"--during the mid-twentieth century. Ultimately she recovers a social world and cultural landscape in central south Texas where Mexican American women negotiated the shifting boundaries of race and economics to assert a public presence.

Drawing on oral history, interviews, and insights from ethnic and gender studies, Listening to Rosita provides a counternarrative to previous research on la msica tejana, which has focused almost solely on musicians or musical genres. Villarreal instead chronicles women's roles and contributions to the music industry. In spotlighting the sixty-year singing career of San Antonian Rosita Fernndez, the author pulls the curtain back on all the women whose names and stories have been glaringly absent from the ethnic and economic history of Tejana music and culture.

In this oral history of the Tejana cantantes who performed and owned businesses in the Texas Triangle, Listening to Rosita shows how ethnic Mexican entrepreneurs developed a unique identity in striving for success in a society that demeaned and segregated them. In telling their story, this book supplies a critical chapter long missing from the history of the West.

Details

  • Title Listening to Rosita: The Business of Tejana Music and Culture, 1930-1955 Volume 9
  • Author Mary Ann Villarreal
  • Binding Hardback
  • Pages 216
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Oklahoma Press
  • Publication date 2015-10-27
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index
  • ISBN 9780806148526 / 0806148527
  • Weight 0.95 lbs (0.43 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.2 x 5.9 x 0.8 in (23.37 x 14.99 x 2.03 cm)
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: Hispanic
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
    • Topical:
    • Topical: Women's Interest
  • Category History - U.S.
  • Library of Congress subjects Tejano music - History and criticism, Women musicians - Texas
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2015016354
  • Dewey Decimal Code 781.626

More Copies for Sale

Listening to Rosita: The Business of Tejana Music and Culture, 1930?1955 (Volume 9) (Race and...

Listening to Rosita: The Business of Tejana Music and Culture, 1930?1955 (Volume 9) (Race and Culture in the American West Series)

by Villarreal, Dr. Mary Ann

  • Used
  • Hardback
  • first
Condition
Very Good-with fresh clean text
Edition
First
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780806148526 / 0806148527
Quantity available
1
Seller
Item price
A$28.80
A$8.65 Delivery to USA

Show details

Description:
177 pages
Add to wish list
Item price
A$28.80
A$8.65 Delivery to USA
Listening to Rosita: The Business of Tejana Music and Culture, 1930�1955

Listening to Rosita: The Business of Tejana Music and Culture, 1930�1955

by Villarreal, Mary Ann

  • Used
  • Hardback
  • first
Condition
Used
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780806148526 / 0806148527
Quantity available
1
Seller
Item price
A$38.92
A$8.66 Delivery to USA

Show details

Description:
Norman. 2015. October 2015. University of Oklahoma Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 9780806148526. VOLUME 9 IN THE RACE AND CULTURE IN THE AMERICAN WEST SERIES. 6 � 9. 7 B&W ILLUS. October 2015. hardcover. keywords: Music Tejana History America. DESCRIPTION - Everybody in the bar had to drop a quarter in the jukebox or be shamed by �Momo' Villarreal. It wasn't about the money, Mary Ann Villarreal's grandmother insisted. It was about the music - more songs for all the patrons of the Pecan Lounge in Tivoli, Texas. But for Mary Ann, whose schoolbooks those quarters bought, the money didn't hurt. When as an adult Villarreal began to wonder how the few recordings of women singers made their way into that jukebox, questions about the money seemed inseparable from those about the music. In Listening to Rosita, Villarreal seeks answers by pursuing the story of a small group of Tejana singers and entrepreneurs in Corpus Christi, Houston, and San Antonio - the �Texas Triangle' -… Read more
Add to wish list
Item price
A$38.92
A$8.66 Delivery to USA
Listening to Rosita: The Business of Tejana Music and Culture, 1930-1955

Listening to Rosita: The Business of Tejana Music and Culture, 1930-1955

by Dr Mary Ann Villarreal

  • New
  • Hardback
Condition
New
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780806148526 / 0806148527
Quantity available
10
Seller
Item price
A$62.11
A$19.01 Delivery to USA

Show details

Description:
Hardback. New.
Add to wish list
Item price
A$62.11
A$19.01 Delivery to USA
Listening to Rosita: The Business of Tejana Music and Culture, 1930-1955

Listening to Rosita: The Business of Tejana Music and Culture, 1930-1955

by Mary Ann Villareal

  • New
  • Hardback
Condition
New
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780806148526 / 0806148527
Quantity available
580
Seller
Item price
A$63.28
A$15.26 Delivery to USA

Show details

Description:
Hardcover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; N/A
Add to wish list
Item price
A$63.28
A$15.26 Delivery to USA
Listening to Rosita: The Business of Tejana Music and Culture, 1930-1955

Listening to Rosita: The Business of Tejana Music and Culture, 1930-1955

by Dr Mary Ann Villarreal

  • New
  • Hardback
Condition
New
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780806148526 / 0806148527
Quantity available
10
Seller
Item price
A$66.03
A$19.01 Delivery to USA

Show details

Description:
Hardback. New.
Add to wish list
Item price
A$66.03
A$19.01 Delivery to USA
Listening To Rosita
Stock photo: cover may vary

Listening To Rosita

by Villarreal, Mary Ann,

  • Used
Condition
New
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780806148526 / 0806148527
Quantity available
5
Seller
Item price
A$52.15
A$5.76 Delivery to USA

Show details

Description:
like new.
Add to wish list
Item price
A$52.15
A$5.76 Delivery to USA
Listening to Rosita: The Business of Tejana Music and Culture, 1930-1955 (Volume 9) (Race and...
Stock photo: cover may vary

Listening to Rosita: The Business of Tejana Music and Culture, 1930-1955 (Volume 9) (Race and Culture in the American West Series)

by Villarreal, Dr. Mary Ann

  • Used
  • Hardback
Condition
Used
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780806148526 / 0806148527
Quantity available
1
Seller
Item price
A$57.67
Free Delivery to USA

Show details

Description:
University of Oklahoma Press, 2015-10-20. hardcover. Used: Good. 6.00x0.68x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy.
Add to wish list
Item price
A$57.67
Free Delivery to USA
Listening To Rosita
Stock photo: cover may vary

Listening To Rosita

by Villarreal, Mary Ann,

  • New
Condition
New
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780806148526 / 0806148527
Quantity available
5
Seller
Item price
A$59.53
A$5.76 Delivery to USA

Show details

Description:
new.
Add to wish list
Item price
A$59.53
A$5.76 Delivery to USA
Listening to Rosita: The Business of Tejana Music and Culture, 1930-1955 (Volume 9) (Race and...
Stock photo: cover may vary

Listening to Rosita: The Business of Tejana Music and Culture, 1930-1955 (Volume 9) (Race and Culture in the American West Series)

by Villarreal, Dr. Mary Ann

  • New
  • Hardback
Condition
New
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780806148526 / 0806148527
Quantity available
1
Seller
Item price
A$65.30
Free Delivery to USA

Show details

Description:
University of Oklahoma Press, 2015-10-20. hardcover. New. 6.00x0.68x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy.
Add to wish list
Item price
A$65.30
Free Delivery to USA
Listening to Rosita: The Business of Tejana Music and Culture, 1930?1955 (Volume 9) (Race and...
Stock photo: cover may vary

Listening to Rosita: The Business of Tejana Music and Culture, 1930?1955 (Volume 9) (Race and Culture in the American West Series)

by Villarreal, Dr. Mary Ann

  • Used
  • Good
  • Hardback
Condition
Good
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780806148526 / 0806148527
Quantity available
1
Seller
Item price
A$86.70
Free Delivery to USA

Show details

Description:
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.
Add to wish list
Item price
A$86.70
Free Delivery to USA