Format:
1 online resource (464 pages)
,
illustrations (black and white).
ISBN:
9780190928094
Series Statement:
Currents in Latin American & Iberian music
Content:
Richly ethnographic, After the Dance, the Drums Are Heavy is a study of carnival, politics, and the musical engagement of ordinary citizens and celebrity musicians in contemporary Haiti. The book explores how the self-declared president of konpa Sweet Micky (Michel Martelly) rose to the nation's highest office while methodically crafting a political product inherently entangled with his musical product. It offers deep historical perspective on the characteristics of carnivalesque verbal play-and the performative skillset of the artist (Sweet Micky) who dominated carnival for more than a decade-including vulgarities and polemics. Drawing on more than a decade and a half of ethnographic research, Rebecca Dirksen presents an in-depth consideration of politically and socially engaged music and what these expressions mean for the Haitian population.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 30, 2020)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780190928056
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780190928056
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Dirksen, Rebecca After the dance, the drums are heavy New York : Oxford University Press, 2020 ISBN 9780190928056
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780190928063
Language:
English
Subjects:
Ethnology
Keywords:
Haiti
;
Musizieren
;
Karneval
DOI:
10.1093/oso/9780190928056.001.0001
