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The Wolfsonian presents Turn the Beat Around
Rumba, conga, and Afro-Cuban jazz. Mambo, cha-cha-cha, and salsa. Cuba's rich and diverse culture delighted American audiences in the 20th century. From tourist-packed Havana cabarets, to New York City dance halls, to the silver screen of Hollywood films, Afro-Cuban rhythms surged in popularity between the 1930s and '60s, rewriting the history of American music and …
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Find out more »The Wolfsonian presents Plotting Power: Maps and the Modern Age
Maps make the world. Mirrors of our loftiest dreams and deepest fears, maps draw literal lines between "you" and "me," "us" and "other," more often reflecting how we see it than how it is. Plotting Power: Maps and the Modern Age follows the use of map-like imagery for political, commercial, and other purposes in the first half of the 20th …
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