ISBN: 1844672905

Popular music in the Americas, from jazz, Cuban and Latin salsa to disco and rap, is overwhelmingly neo-African. Created in the midst of war and military invasion, and filtered through a … More...

Popular music in the Americas, from jazz, Cuban and Latin salsa to disco and rap, is overwhelmingly neo-African. Created in the midst of war and military invasion, and filtered through a Western worldview, these musical forms are completely modern in their sensibilities: they are in fact the very sound of modern life. But the African religious philosophy at their core involved a longing for earlier erasones that pre-dated the technological discipline of labor forced on captive populations by the European occupiers. In this groundbreaking new book, Timothy Brennan shows how the popular music of the Americasthe music of entertainment, nightlife, and leisureis involved in a devotion to an African religious worldview that survived the ravages of slavery and found its way into the rituals of everyday listening. In doing so he explores the challenge posed by Afro-Latin music to a world music system dominated by a few wealthy countries and the processes by which Afro-Latin music has been absorbed into the imperial imagination. arts music and photography,ethnic and international,home and garden,humanities,international,jazz,music,musical genres,performing arts,science and math Performing Arts, Verso Books<

2008, ISBN: 9781844672905

London: Verso, 2008. Hardcover. xiv, 290p., very good hardcover, black boards, no dj., Verso, 2008, 0

2008, ISBN: 9781844672905

London: Verso, 2008. Hardcover. xiv, 290p., very good hardcover, black boards, no dj., Verso, 2008

2008, ISBN: 9781844672905

London: Verso, 2008. xiv, 290p., very good hardcover, black boards, no dj., Verso, 2008