Representing African Music : Postcolonial Notes, Queries, Positions

Kofi Agawu

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Language: English

Published by Routledge, 2003

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The aim of this book is to stimulate debate by offering a critique of discourse about African music. Who writes about African music, how, and why What assumptions and prejudices influence the presentation of ethnographic data Even the term 'African music' suggests there is an agreed-upon meaning, but African music signifies differently to different people. This book also poses the question then, 'What is African music ' Agawu offers a new and provocative look at the history of African music scholarship that will resonate with students of ethnomusicology and post-colonial studies. He offers an alternative 'Afro-centric' means of understanding African music, and in doing so, illuminates a different mode of creativity beyond the usual provenance of Western criticism. This book will undoubtedly inspire heated debate--and new thinking--among musicologists, cultural theorists, and post-colonial thinkers. Also includes 15 musical examples.…

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Title
Representing African Music : Postcolonial Notes, Queries, Positions
Author
Kofi Agawu
Publisher
Routledge
Publication year
2003
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Language
English
ISBN 10
0415943906
ISBN 13
9780415943901
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