Africanness In Action : Essentialism and Musical Imaginations of Africa and Brazil.

This book looks at the Black musicians of Bahia, Brazil, and the ways in which they emphasize and subvert traditional notions of African music to assert identity, promote social change, and critique racial inequality. With a preface, introduction, notes, glossary, bibliography, and index. Music examples. Illustrations.

xi, 304 p.; 24 cm.
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Language: English
ISBN: 019754956X
ISBN13: 9780197549568