Africanness in action : essentialism and musical imaginations of Africa in Brazil / Juan Diego Diaz.

Author
Díaz, Juan Diego [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]
  • ©2021
Description
1 online resource (320 pages) : illustrations (black and white).

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Subject(s)
Series
Currents in Latin American & Iberian music. [More in this series]
Summary note
In 'Africanness in Action', author Juan Diego Díaz examines musicians' agency, constructions of blackness and Africanness, musical structure, performance practices, and rhetoric in Brazil, and provides a model for the study of African-derived music in other diasporic locales.
Notes
Also issued in print: 2021.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Target audience
Specialized.
Source of description
Description based on print version record.
Contents
  • Cover
  • Series
  • Africanness in Action
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1. Bahia as an Epicenter of African Diasporic Culture
  • 2. Redeeming the Study of African Essentialism
  • 3. Orkestra Rumpilezz: A Big Band Playing Percussion
  • 4. Orkestra Rumpilezz: Complications of African Rhythm
  • 5. Orquestra Afrosinfônica: The Africanization of Erudite Music
  • 6. The Nzinga Berimbau Orchestra: Performances of Bantu Heritage
  • 7. The Tuned Berimbaus of OBADX: Melodic Performances of Africanness
  • Conclusion: Lessons from Essentialism
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index.
ISBN
  • 0-19-754958-6
  • 0-19-754959-4
  • 0-19-754957-8
OCLC
1202730834
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