Musicians' Migratory Patterns: The African Drum as Symbol in Early America
Musicians' Migratory Patterns: The African Drum as Symbol in Early America questions the ban that was placed on the African drum in early America. It shows the functional use of the drum for celebrations, weddings, funerals, religious ceremonies, and nonviolent communication. The assumption that drums and horns were used to communicate in slave revolts is undone in this study. Rather, this volume seeks to consider the social place of the drum for both blacks and whites of the time, using the writings of Europeans and colonial-era Americans, the accounts of African American free persons and slaves, the period instruments, and numerous illustra…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-429-65115-1
- EAN: 9780429651151
- Produktnummer: 32813620
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 134 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 1'091 KB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
- Abbildungen: 15 schwarz-weiße Zeichnungen
Über den Autor
Christopher Johnson was a Research Fellow at the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research at Harvard University. He served on the faculty of the Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts (IDSVA), Portland, ME., and the Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts at the New School in Manhattan.
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