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Creating Their Own Space: The Development of an Indian-Caribbean Musical Tradition - Softcover

The University Of The West Indies Press

 
9789766400996: Creating Their Own Space: The Development of an Indian-Caribbean Musical Tradition
Softcover
ISBN 10: 9766400997 ISBN 13: 9789766400996
Publisher: The University of the West Indies Press, 2001

Synopsis

Characterized by fast-paced, highly danceable rhythms, chutney is a fusion of traditional and contemporary Indian and Caribbean influences. In this volume Tina K. Ramnarine explores the evolution of chutney and introduces the emerging Indian-Caribbean genre into the area of scholarly discourse. Through analysis of the music, Ramnarine provides insights into social processes, effects of the diasporic settlements and ways the music operates as a symbol of Indian-Caribbean identity. This introduction of new cultural elements is a common occurrence among people transplanted to an unfamiliar geographical and cultural environment.

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About the Author

Tina K. Ramnarine has lectured at Queen's University of Belfast, Northern Ireland, and at Birbeck College, University of London, England, and was a post-doctoral research fellow in musicology at Brunel University, England. She received the 1988 Choice Outstanding Academic Book Award for Women Anthropologists: A Biographical Dictionary (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1988). Ramnarine has published extensively on Caribbean culture and ethnicity.

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Publisher
The University of the West Indies Press
Publication date
2001
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9766400997
ISBN 13 
9789766400996
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
277