Sydney Hutchinson

Focus

Music of the Caribbean

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Focus: Music of the Caribbean presents the most important issues of Caribbean musical history and current practice, discussing thought-provoking questions in a student-friendly fashion. It uses current ethnomusicological research on Caribbean music to tell the stories of Caribbean history.

Produktdetails

• Focus on World Music Series
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 540g
• ISBN-13: 9781138094512
• ISBN-10: 113809451X
• Artikelnr.: 58264373

Autorenporträt

Sydney Hutchinson is Associate Professor of Music History and Cultures at Syracuse University.

Inhaltsangabe

PART I: Caribbean Music and Caribbean History
1. Three Cultures
2. The First Caribbeans
3. European Music and Caribbean Traditions
4. African Musical Legacies
PART II: Music and Dance in Caribbean Societies: An Intersectional View of Embodied Culture
5. Sacred Music, Dance, and Race: Dominican Palos and Cuban Santería
6. Dance Music, Gender, and Marginality: Dominican Bachata and Jamaican Dancehall
7. Dance Music, Race, and Nation: A Tale of Many Merengues
PART III: Focusing In: The Social Lives of Musical Instruments in Merengue Típico
8. Accordion
9. Güira
10. Tambora
11. Epilogue