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Representing African music : postcolonial notes, queries, positions /
The aim of this book is to stimulate debate by offering a critique of discourse about African music. Who writes about African music, how, and why? What assumptions and prejudices influence the presentation of ethnographic data? Even the term ""African music"" suggests there is an...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Routledge,
2003.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The aim of this book is to stimulate debate by offering a critique of discourse about African music. Who writes about African music, how, and why? What assumptions and prejudices influence the presentation of ethnographic data? Even the term ""African music"" suggests there is an agreed-upon meaning, but African music signifies differently to different people. This book also poses the question then, ""What is African music?"" Agawu offers a new and provocative look at the history of African music scholarship that will resonate with students of ethnomusicology and post-colonial studies. He offe |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxii, 266 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-259) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781317794066 1317794060 9781315810942 1315810948 |