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Different Drummers : Rhythm and Race in the Americas /

Long a taboo subject among critics, rhythm finally takes centre stage in this book's dazzling, wide-ranging examination of diverse black cultures across the New World. Munro traces the central role of music in shaping identities, politics, social history, and artistic expression.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Munro, Martin
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Beating back darkness: rhythm and revolution in Haiti
  • Rhythm, Creolization, and conflict in Trinidad
  • Rhythm, music, and literature in the French Caribbean
  • James Brown, rhythm, and black power.