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- Different Drummers: Rhythm and Race in the Americas
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: University of California Press
- Series: Music of the African Diaspora
summary
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, Aimé Césaire, 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.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright, Dedication
- pp. iii-v
- Acknowledgments
- p. ix
- 4. James Brown, Rhythm, and Black Power
- pp. 182-213
- Conclusion: Listening to New World History
- pp. 214-226
- References
- pp. 251-268
- Production Notes
- p. 281
Additional Information
ISBN
9780520947405
Related ISBN(s)
9780520262829
MARC Record
OCLC
777474733
Pages
296
Launched on MUSE
2014-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No