Njelle W Hamilton: Phonographic Memories

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Beschreibung

Provides a sustained analysis of the narrative and thematic influence of Caribbean popular music on the Caribbean novel. Tracing a region-wide attention to the deep connections between music and memory, Njelle Hamilton tunes in to each novel's soundtrack while considering the broader listening cultures that sustain collective memory.

Über den Autor

Njelle W. Hamilton is an assistant professor in the departments of English and African-American and African studies at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface and Acknowledgments..... vii

Introduction.....1

1. Phonographic Memory:

Tracing the Calypsonian's Work in Lawrence Scott's Night Calypso .....35

2. "Record Your Memories":

The Bolero Aesthetic in Oscar Hijuelos' The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love.....80

3. Re-Membering "Body and Soul":

Gender, Gwoka, and Jazz in Daniel Maximin's Lone Sun.....128

4. Roots, Romance, Reggae:

(Dis)Placing Memory in Colin Channer's Waiting in Vain .....182

5. Memory as Mixtape:

The Dub Aesthetic in Ramabai Espinet's The Swinging Bridge.....236

Coda.....283

Notes .....296

Works Cited .....TK

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2019
Genre:	Importe
Rubrik:	Literaturwissenschaft
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9780813596594
ISBN-10:	0813596599
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Hamilton, Njelle W
Hersteller:	Rutgers University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Mare Nostrum Group B.V., Doelen 72, ?-4831 GR Breda, gpsr@mare-nostrum.co.uk
Maße:	228 x 151 x 17 mm
Von/Mit:	Njelle W Hamilton
Erscheinungsdatum:	03.05.2019
Gewicht:	0,341 kg