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Different Drummers: Rhythm and Race in the Americas

Different Drummers: Rhythm and Race in the Americas( )
Author: Munro, Martin
Series title:Music of the African Diaspora Ser.
ISBN:978-1-282-66082-3
Publication Date:Jan 2010
Publisher:University of California Press
Book Format:Ebook
List Price:USD $68.95
Book 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...
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Pages:280



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