Focus: Music of the Caribbean

Table des matières

PART I: Caribbean Music and Caribbean History / 1. Three Cultures / 2. The First Caribbeans / 3. European Music and Caribbean Traditions / 4. African Musical Legacies / PART II: Music and Dance in Caribbean Societies: An Intersectional View of Embodied Culture / 5. Sacred Music, Dance, and Race: Dominican Palos and Cuban Santería / 6. Dance Music, Gender, and Marginality: Dominican Bachata and Jamaican Dancehall / 7. Dance Music, Race, and Nation: A Tale of Many Merengues / PART III: Focusing In: The Social Lives of Musical Instruments in Merengue Típico / 8. Accordion / 9. Güira / 10. Tambora / 11. Epilogue

A propos de l'auteur

Sydney Hutchinson is Associate Professor of Music History and Cultures at Syracuse University.

Résumé

Focus: Music of the Caribbean presents the most important issues of Caribbean musical history and current practice, discussing thought-provoking questions in a student-friendly fashion. It uses current ethnomusicological research on Caribbean music to tell the stories of Caribbean history.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Sydney Hutchinson
• Edition: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9781138094505
• ISBN: 978-1-138-09450-5
• Pages: 290
• Thèmes: Focus on World Music Series; Focus on World Music
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Musique; MUSIC / General, Caribbean islands, Music: styles and genres, Music: styles & genres