Africanness in action : essentialism and musical imaginations of Africa in Brazil / Juan Diego Diaz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Díaz, Juan Diego, author.

Series:

Currents in Latin American & Iberian music.

Currents in Latin American & Iberian music

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--Brazil--Bahia (State)--History and criticism.

Music.

Music--Brazil--Bahia (State)--African influences.

Black people--Brazil--Bahia (State)--Music--History and criticism.

Black people.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 pages) : illustrations (black and white).

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

In 'Africanness in Action', author Juan Diego Díaz examines musicians' agency, constructions of blackness and Africanness, musical structure, performance practices, and rhetoric in Brazil, and provides a model for the study of African-derived music in other diasporic locales.

Contents:

Cover

Series

Africanness in Action

Copyright

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction

1. Bahia as an Epicenter of African Diasporic Culture

2. Redeeming the Study of African Essentialism

3. Orkestra Rumpilezz: A Big Band Playing Percussion

4. Orkestra Rumpilezz: Complications of African Rhythm

5. Orquestra Afrosinfônica: The Africanization of Erudite Music

6. The Nzinga Berimbau Orchestra: Performances of Bantu Heritage

7. The Tuned Berimbaus of OBADX: Melodic Performances of Africanness

Conclusion: Lessons from Essentialism

Notes

Glossary

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-754958-6

0-19-754959-4

0-19-754957-8

OCLC:

1202730834