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Beschreibung
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.
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.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Einband - fest (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780674047846
ISBN-10: 0674047842
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Laurent Dubois
Hersteller: Harvard University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, D-49078 Osnabrück, mail@preigu.de
Abbildungen: 20 halftones
Maße: 243 x 180 x 29 mm
Von/Mit: Laurent Dubois
Erscheinungsdatum: 15.03.2016
Gewicht: 0,78 kg
Artikel-ID: 104145713