Different Drummers - Rhythm and Race in the Americas

Zusatztext "Examining Black music in the western hemisphere since slavery! this book makes clear the essential role it has played in culture! politics and social change." Informationen zum Autor Martin Munro is Associate Professor of French and Francophone Literatures at Florida State University. Klappentext "Munro argues in an informed and imaginative way that greater attention should be paid to the recurring sonic elements of black cultures in the new world. Different Drummers provides profound insights into the importance of rhythm as a marker of resistance and a dynamic facet of everyday life across Caribbean literatures and in African American music."-J. Michael Dash! New York University "Munro takes us on a fascinating journey through the music of poetry and the poetry of music! beautifully tying together the cultures and literary texts of a range of Caribbean societies."-Laurent Dubois! author of Soccer Empire: The World Cup and the Future of France Zusammenfassung Focusing on rhythm, this book offers examination of diverse black cultures across the New World. It traces the central - and contested - role of music in shaping identities, politics, social history, and artistic expression. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Slaves to the Rhythm 1. Beating Back Darkness: Rhythm and Revolution in Haiti 2. Rhythm! Creolization! and Conflict in Trinidad 3. Rhythm! Music! and Literature in the French Caribbean 4. James Brown! Rhythm! and Black Power Conclusion: Listening to New World History Notes References Index

Product details

• Authors: Martin Munro, Munro Martin
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.07.2010
• EAN: 9780520262829
• ISBN: 978-0-520-26282-9
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: Music of the African Diaspora; Music of the African Diaspora
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Music theory; USA, MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Theory, Africa, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, United States of America, USA, Theory of music & musicology, Social and cultural anthropology, Theory of music and musicology