Focus : Music of the Caribbean / Sydney Hutchinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hutchinson, Sydney, 1975- author.

Series:

Focus on world music.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--Caribbean Area--History and criticism.

Music.

Music--Social aspects--Caribbean Area--History.

Musical instruments--Caribbean Area.

Musical instruments.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (291 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2019.

Summary:

"Focus: Music of the Caribbean presents the most important issues of Caribbean musical history and current practice through a non-geographic approach, and discusses thought-provoking questions regarding that history and practice in a user-friendly fashion. It uses current ethnomusicological research on Caribbean music to tell the stories of Caribbean history - those of colonialism and neocolonialism, race and nationalism, marginalization and globalization - and to explore that history's continuing impact on the lives, cultures, musics and dance of modern-day people in the Caribbean and beyond. PART I: Layers of Caribbean musical culture lays the groundwork by setting forth a basic framework for thinking about Caribbean musical history and the roles of race and migration in that history. Part II. Dancing the Caribbean: Music and embodied culture considers how contrasting forms of dance music embody competing ideas about Caribbean identities, past and present. Part III. Focusing in: Musical instruments and meaning looks at one specific Caribbean music genre - merengue típico of the Dominican Cibao region - through a focus on its instruments. There are detailed listening guides to accompanying tracks on a playlist; call-out boxes exploring broader issues affecting contemporary society in classroom discussion and activities; plus additional tools for teachers. Including discussion questions, vocabulary lists, and links to web resources"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series Information

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of contents

Figures

Tables

Listening Guides

Series Foreword

Acknowledgments

How to Use This Book: A Note to Instructors

Part I Caribbean Music and Caribbean History

Chapter 1 Three Cultures

The Three Cultures (or Two Cultures?) in Caribbean Music

Bi-Musicality in Caribbean Music

The Limits of Three Cultures

Creolization and Convergence

Race in the Caribbean

Conclusions

Discussion Questions

Notes

Sources Consulted

Chapter 2 The First Caribbeans

Taíno Cultural Legacies: Music

Taíno Cultural Legacies: Dance

Indigenous People in the Caribbean Today

Taíno Revival

Chapter 3 European Music and Caribbean Traditions

Europeans in the Caribbean

Localizing European Traditions

The Caribbean in Europe

Zouk Music and Dance from Guadeloupe and Martinique

Salsa Music and Dance in New York

Postcolonial Attitudes

Chapter 4 African Musical Legacies

Africa in the Caribbean

Remembering Africa

Reconfiguring Africa

Reimagining Africa

The Caribbean in Africa

Part II Music and Dance in Caribbean Societies

Chapter 5 Sacred Music, Dance, and Race: Dominican Palos and Cuban Santería

Race in the Dominican Republic and in Cuba

Palos Music and Dance in the Dominican Republic

Santería Music and Dance in Cuba

Palos and Santería before 1960

Palos and Santería after 1960

Chapter 6 Dance Music, Gender, and Marginality: Dominican Bachata and Jamaican Dancehall.

Gender and Marginality in the Dominican Republic and Jamaica

Bachata Music and Dance in the Dominican Republic

Dancehall in Jamaica

Bachata and Dancehall before the 1980s

Bachata and Dancehall during and after the 1980s

Chapter 7 Dance Music, Race, and Nation: A Tale of Many Merengues

What Was Early Mereng(ue)?

Mereng(ue) on Quisqueya/Ayiti in the Ninteenth Century

Mereng(ue) and Resistance

Mereng(ue), Dictatorship, and Its Aftermath

Migrating Mereng(ue)s

The USA in/and the Caribbean: Neo- and Postcolonialism on Quisqueya/Ayiti

Part III Focusing In

Chapter 8 Accordion

Introduction to Organology

Representing the Accordion

The Accordion Take-Over

Making the Accordion

Learning the Accordion

Women and the Accordion

Playing the Accordion

Chapter 9 Güira

History of the Güira

Making the Güira

Learning the Güira

Representing the Güira

Gender and Güira

Playing the Güira

Note

Chapter 10 Tambora

History of the Tambora

Making a Tambora

Learning Tambora

Representation, Race, and Tambora

Gender and the Tambora

Playing Tambora

Chapter 11 Epilogue

Venezuela under Maduro

Sonic Attacks in Cuba

Puerto Rico after María

Trinidad's Carnival Feminism

Final Thoughts

Appendix A Comparing the Caribbean Ensemble

Appendix B Comparing Caribbean Fife-and-Drum Ensembles

Appendix C Accordionists' Narratives

King de la Rosa

Fidelina Pascual

Rafaelito Polanco.

La India Canela (Mery Hernández)

Fefita la Grande (Josefa Manuela Cabrera)

Appendix D Music/Dance Genres and Ensembles by Country

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-351-60299-3

1-351-60300-0

1-315-10605-1

9781315106052

OCLC:

1108814994