A day for the hunter, a day for the prey: popular music and power in Haiti
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Main Author: Averill, Gage 1954- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago, Ill. University of Chicago Press 1997
Series:Chicago studies in ethnomusicology
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Online Access:DE-1046
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Item Description:Discography: pages 255-258
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-253) and index
A DAY FOR THE HUNTER A DAY FOR THE PREY; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; A Note on Translation; 1 Introduction: "A Message to Pass from Mouth to Mouth"; 2 "Living from Their Own Garden": The Discourse of Authenticity; 3 "Konpa-dirkk for Life": Frangois Duvalier's Dictatorship and Konpa-dirt?k; 4 "Musicians Are a Single Family": Critical Discourse in Music under Baby Doc Duvalier; Photos following page 160; 5 "Watch Out for Them!": Dechoukaj and Its Aftermath; Epilogue: "Carnival of Hope"; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Discography; Interviews; Index
The history of Haiti throughout the twentieth century has been marked by oppression at the hands of colonial and dictatorial overlords. But set against this "day for the hunter" has been a "day for the prey," a history of resistance, and sometimes of triumph. With keen cultural and historical awareness, Gage Averill shows that Haiti's vibrant and expressive music has been one of the most highly charged instruments in this struggle?one in which power, politics, and resistance are inextricably fused. Averill explores such diverse genres as Haitian jazz, troubadour traditions
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxix, 276 pages, [10] pages of plates)
ISBN:0226032914
0226032922
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