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.