Black Soundscapes White Stages: The Meaning of Francophone Sound in the Black Atlantic

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black soundscapes white stages THE CALLALOO AFRICAN DIASPORA SERIES Charles Henry Rowell, Texas A&M University Series Editor Consulting Editorial Board Thadious Davis, University of Pennsylvania Brent Hayes Edwards, Columbia University Farah Jasmine Griffin, Columbia University Marlon Ross, University of Virginia Valerie Smith, Princeton University The Callaloo African Diaspora Series focuses on literary and cultural productions in the contexts of the history and cultural politics of peoples of African descent in the Americas, the Caribbean, and Europe. Like the quarterly journal Callaloo, the Callaloo African Diaspora Series is a forum for artists and intellectuals producing challenging and seminal books that help illuminate the African Diaspora as a multidimensional site of evolving complexity, a location speaking, in part, through its literary and cultural productions that are informed by a number of indigenous traditions, which in turn inform and shape cultural productions across the globe. black soundscapes white stages The Meaning of Francophone Sound in the Black Atlantic edwin c. hill jr. The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore © 2013 The Johns Hopkins University Press All rights reserved. Published 2013 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper 2 4 6 8 9 7 5 3 1 The Johns Hopkins University Press 2715 North Charles Street Baltimore, Maryland 21218-4363 www.press.jhu.edu Hill, Edwin C., 1971– Black soundscapes white stages : the meaning of Francophone sound in the black Atlantic / Edwin C. Hill Jr. pages cm. — (The Callaloo African Diaspora Series) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-4214-1059-3 (hardcover : acid-free paper) — ISBN 978-1-4214-1060-9 (electronic) — ISBN 1-4214-1059-1 (hardcover : acid-free paper) — ISBN 1-4214-1060-5 (electronic) 1. West Indian literature (French)—History and criticism. 2. Sound (Philosophy) 3. African diaspora in literature. 4. Blacks—West Indies, French—Music—History. 5. Beguines (Music)—West Indies, French—History. 6. Negritude (Literary movement) 7. Soundscapes (Music)—West Indies, French. 8. Poetics—Language. 9. West Indies, French—Colonization. I. Title. PQ3940.5.H55 2013 840.9⬘9729—dc23 2012048652 A catalog record for this book is available from the British Library. Photos from Princesse Tam-Tam are courtesy Kino Video. The Blue Lotus image courtesy Moulinsart. Special discounts are available for bulk purchases of this book. For more information, please contact Special Sales at 410-516-6936 or specialsales@press.jhu.edu. The Johns Hopkins University Press uses environmentally friendly book materials, including recycled text paper that is composed of at least 30 percent post-consumer waste, whenever possible. l’oreille collée au sol, j’entendis passer Demain Aimé Césaire This page intentionally left blank ...