Representing African music : postcolonial notes, queries, positions / Kofi Agawu.

Av: Språk: Engelska Utgivning: New York : Routledge, 2003Beskrivning: 266 s. musiknoterISBN:
  • 0415943892
  • 0415943906
  • 9780415943901
Ämne: DDK-klassifikation:
  • 780.67 21
LC-klassifikation:
  • ML350
SAB-klassifikation:
  • Ijv-p
Innehåll:
Colonialism's impact -- The archive -- The invention of "African rhythm" -- Polymeter, additive rhythm, and other enduring myths -- African music as text -- Popular music defended against its devotees -- Contesting difference -- How not to analyze African music -- The ethics of representation
Sammanfattning: Who writes about African music, how, and why? What assumptions and prejudices influence the presentation of ethnographic data? To what orders of authority do scholars appeal? This study aims to stimulate debate by offering a critique of discourse about African music
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Colonialism's impact -- The archive -- The invention of "African rhythm" -- Polymeter, additive rhythm, and other enduring myths -- African music as text -- Popular music defended against its devotees -- Contesting difference -- How not to analyze African music -- The ethics of representation

Who writes about African music, how, and why? What assumptions and prejudices influence the presentation of ethnographic data? To what orders of authority do scholars appeal? This study aims to stimulate debate by offering a critique of discourse about African music

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