After the dance, the drum is heavy: carnival, politics, and musical engagement in Haiti

Richly ethnographic, After the Dance, the Drums Are Heavy is a study of carnival, politics, and the musical engagement of ordinary citizens and celebrity musicians in contemporary Haiti. The book explores how the self-declared president of konpa Sweet Micky (Michel Martelly) rose to the nation'...

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Main Author: Dirksen, Rebecca ca. 20./21. Jh (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 2020
Series:Currents in Latin American & Iberian music
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Online Access:BSB01
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Summary:Richly ethnographic, After the Dance, the Drums Are Heavy is a study of carnival, politics, and the musical engagement of ordinary citizens and celebrity musicians in contemporary Haiti. The book explores how the self-declared president of konpa Sweet Micky (Michel Martelly) rose to the nation's highest office while methodically crafting a political product inherently entangled with his musical product. It offers deep historical perspective on the characteristics of carnivalesque verbal play-and the performative skillset of the artist (Sweet Micky) who dominated carnival for more than a decade-including vulgarities and polemics. Drawing on more than a decade and a half of ethnographic research, Rebecca Dirksen presents an in-depth consideration of politically and socially engaged music and what these expressions mean for the Haitian population
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (464 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9780190928094
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780190928056.001.0001

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