The Banjo : : America’s African Instrument / / Laurent Dubois.
American slaves drew on memories of African musical traditions to construct instruments from carved-out gourds covered with animal skin. Providing a sense of rootedness, solidarity, and consolation, banjo picking became an essential part of black plantation life, and its unmistakable sound remains v...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2016] ©2016 |
Année de publication: | 2016 |
Langue: | English |
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Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (384 p.) :; 20 halftones |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Sounding Africa -- 2. The First African Instrument -- 3. Three Leaves -- 4. The Sound of Freedom -- 5. The Banjo Meets Blackface -- 6. Rings Like Silver, Shines Like Gold -- 7. Black Banjo -- 8. Sounding America -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
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Résumé: | American slaves drew on memories of African musical traditions to construct instruments from carved-out gourds covered with animal skin. Providing a sense of rootedness, solidarity, and consolation, banjo picking became an essential part of black plantation life, and its unmistakable sound remains versatile and enduring today, Laurent Dubois shows. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780674968813 9783110638585 |
DOI: | 10.4159/9780674968813 |
Accès: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Laurent Dubois. |