Volume 2, Performing the Caribbean Experience, focuses on the reconfiguration of this complex soundscape after the Conquest and the strategies through which groups from distant worlds reconstructed traditions, assigning new meanings to fragments of memory and welding a fascinating variety of unique Creole cultures. Shaped by an enduring African presence and the experience of slavery and colonization by the Spanish, French, British, and Dutch, peoples of theCaribbean islands and circum-Caribbean territories resorted to the power of music to mirror their history, assert identity, gain freedom, and transcend their experience with lasting musical messages. Essays on pan-Caribbean themes, surveys of traditions in 23 islands and continental territories, and riveting personal accounts capture the essence of pluralistic and spiritualized brands of creativity through the voices of an unprecedented number of Caribbean authors, including a representative contingent of distinguished Cuban scholars whose work is being published in English translation for the first time in this work. Two CDs with over 40 recorded examples illustrate the contributions to this rich volume.
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Volume 2, Performing the Caribbean Experience, focuses on the reconfiguration of this complex soundscape after the Conquest and the strategies through which groups from distant worlds reconstructed traditions, assigning new meanings to fragments of memory and welding a fascinating variety of unique Creole cultures. Shaped by an enduring African presence and the experience of slavery and colonization by the Spanish, French, British, and Dutch, peoples of theCaribbean islands and circum-Caribbean territories resorted to the power of music to mirror their history, assert identity, gain freedom, and transcend their experience with lasting musical messages. Essays on pan-Caribbean themes, surveys of traditions in 23 islands and continental territories, and riveting personal accounts capture the essence of pluralistic and spiritualized brands of creativity through the voices of an unprecedented number of Caribbean authors, including a representative contingent of distinguished Cuban scholars whose work is being published in English translation for the first time in this work. Two CDs with over 40 recorded examples illustrate the contributions to this rich volume.
Imprint | University Of Texas Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | February 2007 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | December 2007 |
Editors | Malena Kuss |
Dimensions | 279 x 216 x 43mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover - With dust jacket |
Pages | 553 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-292-70951-5 |
Barcode | 9780292709515 |
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LSN | 0-292-70951-X |