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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813458903321

Autore

Hill Edwin C. <1971->

Titolo

Black soundscapes white stages : the meaning of Francophone sound in the black Atlantic / / Edwin C. Hill Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, Md., : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2013

ISBN

1-4214-1060-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (191 p.)

Collana

The Callaloo African Diaspora Series

Disciplina

840.9/9729

Soggetti

West Indian literature (French) - History and criticism

Sound (Philosophy)

African diaspora in literature

Black people - West Indies, French - Music - History

Beguines (Music) - West Indies, French - History

West Indies, French Colonization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Le tumulte noir (pt I): French imperial soundscapes and the New World -- "Adieu madras, adieu foulard": the Doudou's colonial complaint -- "To begin the Biguine": remembering Antillean musical time -- La Baker: Princesse Tam Tam and the Doudou's signature dilemma -- Negritude drum circles: the Tam-Tam and the beat -- Le poste colonial and technologies of the minor -- Conclusion: "Notes from the sound field".

Sommario/riassunto

As the first in Johns Hopkins's new series on the African Diaspora, this book offers new insight into the legacies of these exceptional artists and their global influence.