Recording History: Jews, Muslims, and Music Across Twentieth-Century North Africa

by Christopher Silver

Book Overview

A new history of twentieth-century North Africa, that gives voice to the musicians who defined an era and the vibrant recording industry that carried their popular sounds from the colonial period through decolonization.

If twentieth-century stories of Jews and Muslims in North Africa are usually told separately, Recording History demonstrates that we have not been listening to what brought these communities together: Arab music...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1503631680
• ISBN13: 9781503631687
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.8"