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From vodou to zouk : a bibliographic guide to music of the French-speaking Caribbean and its diaspora /

From Vodou to Zouk, the inaugural volume in African Diaspora Press's Black Music Reference Series, is a landmark work documenting vernacular music traditions of the French- and Creole-speaking Caribbean. Its nearly 1300 entries cover all of the French-speaking islands, in particular Haiti, Mart...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gray, John, 1962-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Nyack, N.Y. : African Diaspora Press, 2010.
Series:Black music reference series ; v. 1.
Subjects:
Folk music > West Indies, French > Bibliography.
Popular music > West Indies, French > Bibliography.
Musicians, Black > West Indies, French > Bibliography.
Zouk (Music) > West Indies, French > History and criticism > Bibliography.
Vodou music > Bibliography.
Carnival > West Indies, French > Bibliography.
West Indies, French > Social life and customs > Bibliography.
Carnival.
Folk music.
Manners and customs.
Musicians, Black.
Popular music.
Vodou music.
Zouk (Music)
Lesser Antilles > West Indies, French.
Bibliography.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Table of Contents:
  • Cultural history and the arts
  • Festivals and Carnival
  • Music of the French-speaking Caribbean and its diaspora. General works ; Canada ; Cuba ; Dominica ; Dominican Republic ; France ; French Guiana (Guyane) ; Guadeloupe ; Haiti ; Martinique ; Puerto Rico ; St. Lucia ; United States
  • Biographical and critical studies.