Long a taboo subject among critics, rhythm finally takes center stage in this book’s dazzling, wide-ranging examination of diverse black cultures across the New World. Martin Munro’s groundbreaking work traces the central—and contested—role of music in shaping identities, politics, social history, and artistic expression. Starting with enslaved African musicians, Munro takes us to Haiti, Trinidad, the French Caribbean, and to the civil rights era in the United States. Along the wa...
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Acknowledgments
Introduction: Slaves to the Rhythm
1. Beating Back Darkness: Rhythm and Revolution in Haiti
2. Rhythm, Creolization, and Conflict in Tr...
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Martin Munro is Associate Professor of French and Francophone Literatures at Florida State University.
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