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A day for the hunter, a day for the prey : popular music and power in Haiti / Gage Averill.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML3486.H3 A94 1997
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Averill, Gage.
- Series:
- Chicago studies in ethnomusicology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Popular music--Haiti--20th century--History and criticism.
- Popular music.
- Power (Social sciences)--Haiti--History--20th century.
- Power (Social sciences).
- History.
- Haiti.
- Physical Description:
- xxix, 276 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1997.
- Summary:
- Preface Acknowledgments A Note on Translation 1: Introduction: "A Message to Pass from Mouth to Mouth" 2: "Living from Their Own Garden": The Discourse of Authenticity 3: "Konpa-direk for Life": Francois Duvalier's Dictatorship and Konpa-direk4: "Musicians Are a Single Family": Critical Discourse in Music under Baby Doc Duvalier 5: "Watch Out for Them!": Dechoukaj and Its Aftermath Epilogue: "Carnival of Hope" Notes Glossary BibliographyDiscography Interviews Index
- Notes:
- Discography: pages 255-258.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-253) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0226032914
- 0226032922
- OCLC:
- 35178623
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