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Africanness in Action - Essentialism and Musical Imaginations of Africa in Brazil (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,092
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Africanness in Action - Essentialism and Musical Imaginations of Africa in Brazil (Paperback): Juan Diego Diaz

Africanness in Action - Essentialism and Musical Imaginations of Africa in Brazil (Paperback)

Juan Diego Diaz

Series: CURRENTS IN LATIN AMER AND IBERIAN MUSIC

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When many people think of African music, the first ideas that come to mind are often of rhythm, drums, and dancing. These perceptions are rooted in emblematic African and African-derived genres such as West African drumming, funk, salsa, or samba and, more importantly, essentialized notions about Africa which have been fueled over centuries of contact between the "West," Africa, and the African diaspora. These notions, of course, tend to reduce and often portray Africa and the diaspora as primitive, exotic, and monolithic. In Africanness in Action, author Juan Diego Diaz explores this dynamic through the perspectives of Black musicians in Bahia, Brazil, a site imagined by many as a diasporic epicenter of African survivals and purity. Black musicians from Bahia, Diaz argues, assert Afro-Brazilian identities, promote social change, and critique racial inequality by creatively engaging essentialized tropes about African music and culture. Instead of reproducing these notions, musicians demonstrate agency by strategically emphasizing or downplaying them.

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Imprint: Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin: United States
Series: CURRENTS IN LATIN AMER AND IBERIAN MUSIC
Release date: August 2021
Authors: Juan Diego Diaz (Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology)
Dimensions: 235 x 155 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-754956-8
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General
Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Black studies
Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Contemporary popular music > Rock & pop > World music
Books > Music > Contemporary popular music > Rock & pop > World music
Books > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General
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LSN: 0-19-754956-X
Barcode: 9780197549568

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