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Rhythms of the Afro-Atlantic world : rituals and remembrances /

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Along with linked modes of religiosity, music and dance have long occupied a central position in the ways in which Atlantic peoples have enacted, made sense of, and responded to their encounters with each other. This unique collection of essays connects nations from across the Atlantic---Senegal, Ke...

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Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Other Authors: Diouf, Mamadou, Nwankwo, Ifeoma Kiddoe
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : The University of Michigan Press, ©2010.
Subjects:
Blacks > Caribbean Area > Music > History and criticism.
Dance > Caribbean Area > History.
Hip-hop > Africa.
Popular music > Caribbean Area > History and criticism.
MUSIC > Ethnomusicology.
HISTORY > Africa > West.
Blacks > Music.
Dance.
Hip-hop.
Popular music.
Africa.
Caribbean Area.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Along with linked modes of religiosity, music and dance have long occupied a central position in the ways in which Atlantic peoples have enacted, made sense of, and responded to their encounters with each other. This unique collection of essays connects nations from across the Atlantic---Senegal, Kenya, Trinidad, Cuba, Brazil, and the United States, among others---highlighting contemporary popular, folkloric, and religious music and dance. By tracking the continuous reframing, revision, and erasure of aural, oral, and corporeal traces, the contributors to Rhythms of the Afro-Atlantic World collectively argue that music and dance are the living evidence of a constant (re)composition and (re)mixing of local sounds and gestures.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780472027477
0472027476
9780472901203
0472901206