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Funky Nassau

Roots, Routes, and Representation in Bahamian Popular Music

Funky Nassau( )
Author: Rommen, Timothy
Series title:Music of the African Diaspora Ser.
ISBN:978-0-520-26568-4
Publication Date:May 2011
Publisher:University of California Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $95.00
Book Description:

This book examines the role music has played in the formation of the political and national identity of the Bahamas. Timothy Rommen analyzes Bahamian musical life as it has been influenced and shaped by the islands_ location between the United States and the rest of the Caribbean; tourism; and Bahamian colonial and postcolonial history. Focusing on popular music in the second half of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, in particular rake-n-scrape and Junkanoo, Rommen...
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Book Details
Pages:332
Detailed Subjects: Music / Genres & Styles / Pop Vocal
History / Caribbean & West Indies / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6 x 9 x 1.3 Inches
Book Weight:1.3 Pounds



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