Different Drummers: Rhythm and Race in the Americas Volume 14

by Martin Munro

Book Overview

Long a taboo subject among critics, rhythm finally takes center stage in this book's dazzling, wide-ranging examination of diverse black cultures across the New World. Martin Munro's groundbreaking work traces the central--and contested--role of music in shaping identities, politics, social history, and artistic expression. Starting with enslaved African musicians, Munro takes us to Haiti, Trinidad, the French Caribbean, and to the civil rights era...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520262832
• ISBN13: 9780520262836
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.8"