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Different Drummers: Rhythm and Race in the Americas (Music of the African Diaspora, Volume 14)

By Martin Munro

Book information

Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2010
ISBN
0520262824, 9780520262829, 0520262832, 9780520262836
LCC
ML3550 .M86 2010
Open Library ID
OL24109817M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2482918 bytes)
Series
Music of the African Diaspora 14
Edition
1
Pages
292\292
Topic
Art Music: Guitar
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Long a taboo subject among critics, rhythm finally takes center stage in this book's dazzling, wide-ranging examination of diverse black cultures across the New World. Martin Munro's groundbreaking work traces the central--and contested--role of music in shaping identities, politics, social history, and artistic expression. Starting with enslaved African musicians, Munro takes us to Haiti, Trinidad, the French Caribbean, and to the civil rights era in the United States. Along the way, he highlights such figures as Toussaint Louverture, Jacques Roumain, Jean Price-Mars, The Mighty Sparrow, Aim? C?saire, Edouard Glissant, Joseph Zobel, Daniel Maximin, James Brown, and Amiri Baraka. Bringing to light new connections among black cultures, Munro shows how rhythm has been both a persistent marker of race as well as a dynamic force for change at virtually every major turning point in black New World history.

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