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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 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Colonialism's impact
- The archive
- The invention of "African rhythm"
- Polymeter, additive rhythm, and other enduring myths
- African music as text
- Popular music defended against its devotees
- Contesting difference
- How not to analyze African music
- The ethics of representation.