Hill, Edwin C., 1971-

Black soundscapes white stages : the meaning of Francophone sound in the black Atlantic / Edwin C. Hill Jr. - Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource - The Callaloo African Diaspora Series .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction: Le tumulte noir (pt I): French imperial soundscapes and the New World -- "Adieu madras, adieu foulard": the Doudou's colonial complaint -- "To begin the Biguine": remembering Antillean musical time -- La Baker: Princesse Tam Tam and the Doudou's signature dilemma -- Negritude drum circles: the Tam-Tam and the beat -- Le poste colonial and technologies of the minor -- Conclusion: "Notes from the sound field."



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West Indian literature (French)--History and criticism.
Sound (Philosophy)
African diaspora in literature.
Black people--History.--West Indies, French--Music
Beguines (Music)--History.--West Indies, French
Negritude (Literary movement)
Soundscapes (Music)--West Indies, French.
Poetics--Language.


Electronic Books.

PQ3940 / .B533 2013