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Africanness in action : essentialism and musical imaginations of Africa in Brazil / Juan Diego Diaz.
Author
Díaz, Juan Diego
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]
©2021
Description
1 online resource (320 pages) : illustrations (black and white).
Availability
Available Online
Oxford Scholarship - Oxford University Press: Music
Online Content
Details
Subject(s)
Music
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Brazil
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Bahia (State)
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History and criticism
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Music
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Brazil
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Bahia (State)
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African influences
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Black people
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Brazil
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Bahia (State)
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Music
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History and criticism
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Series
Currents in Latin American & Iberian music.
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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.
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ISBN
0-19-754958-6
0-19-754959-4
0-19-754957-8
OCLC
1202730834
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