After the Dance, the Drums Are Heavy: Carnival, Politics, and Musical Engagement in Haiti

Awards:   Winner of Internation Council for Traditional Music Book Prize - Honorable Mention.
Author:   Rebecca Dirksen (Assistant Professor of Music, Assistant Professor of Music, Indiana University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
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9780190928063


Pages:   488
Publication Date:   16 April 2020
Format:   Paperback
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After the Dance, the Drums Are Heavy: Carnival, Politics, and Musical Engagement in Haiti


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  • Winner of Internation Council for Traditional Music Book Prize - Honorable Mention.

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Author:   Rebecca Dirksen (Assistant Professor of Music, Assistant Professor of Music, Indiana University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.10cm
Weight:   0.703kg
ISBN:  

9780190928063


ISBN 10:   0190928069
Pages:   488
Publication Date:   16 April 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Haiti's unfinished revolution is not for the frail, and any student or teacher of the Caribbean who yearns to understand that will do well to explore this book. * Lois Wilcken, New West Indian Guide * The comprehensive breadth of After the Dance makes it an important contribution to the discourse on Caribbean carnival and the politics of music. Educators looking to incorporate this work into their classroom readings will find plenty of worthy material to select from, as this book's ambitiousness gives it the feeling of an edited volume more than a monograph...Dirksen's work will successfully engage a wide range of readers through its well-crafted ethnographic narrative, which brings together a chorus of Haitian voices sounding their own stories, along with her voice to provide the historical and cultural context so that we can truly listen. * Jessica C. Hajek, American Music *


Haiti's unfinished revolution is not for the frail, and any student or teacher of the Caribbean who yearns to understand that will do well to explore this book. * Lois Wilcken, New West Indian Guide *


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Rebecca Dirksen is an ethnomusicologist working across the spectrum of musical genres in Haiti and its diaspora. Her research concerns cultural approaches to development, crisis, and disaster; sustainability, diverse environmentalisms, and ecomusicology; and applied/engaged/activist scholarship. She is a professor in the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology at Indiana University Bloomington and a founding member of the Diverse Environmentalisms Research Team (DERT).

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