Provides a sustained analysis of the narrative and thematic influence of Caribbean popular music on the Caribbean novel. Tracing a region-wide attention to the deep connections between music and memory, Njelle Hamilton tunes in to each novel's soundtrack while considering the broader listening cultures that sustain collective memory.
Provides a sustained analysis of the narrative and thematic influence of Caribbean popular music on the Caribbean novel. Tracing a region-wide attention to the deep connections between music and memory, Njelle Hamilton tunes in to each novel's soundtrack while considering the broader listening cultures that sustain collective memory.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Njelle W. Hamilton is an assistant professor in the departments of English and African-American and African studies at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface and Acknowledgments..... vii Introduction.....1 1. Phonographic Memory: Tracing the Calypsonian's Work in Lawrence Scott's Night Calypso .....35 2. "Record Your Memories": The Bolero Aesthetic in Oscar Hijuelos' The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love .....80 3. Re-Membering "Body and Soul": Gender, Gwoka, and Jazz in Daniel Maximin's Lone Sun.....128 4. Roots, Romance, Reggae: (Dis)Placing Memory in Colin Channer's Waiting in Vain .....182 5. Memory as Mixtape: The Dub Aesthetic in Ramabai Espinet's The Swinging Bridge.....236 Coda.....283 Notes .....296 Works Cited .....TK
Preface and Acknowledgments..... vii Introduction.....1 1. Phonographic Memory: Tracing the Calypsonian's Work in Lawrence Scott's Night Calypso .....35 2. "Record Your Memories": The Bolero Aesthetic in Oscar Hijuelos' The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love .....80 3. Re-Membering "Body and Soul": Gender, Gwoka, and Jazz in Daniel Maximin's Lone Sun.....128 4. Roots, Romance, Reggae: (Dis)Placing Memory in Colin Channer's Waiting in Vain .....182 5. Memory as Mixtape: The Dub Aesthetic in Ramabai Espinet's The Swinging Bridge.....236 Coda.....283 Notes .....296 Works Cited .....TK
Es gelten unsere Allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen: www.buecher.de/agb
Impressum
www.buecher.de ist ein Internetauftritt der buecher.de internetstores GmbH
Geschäftsführung: Monica Sawhney | Roland Kölbl | Günter Hilger
Sitz der Gesellschaft: Batheyer Straße 115 - 117, 58099 Hagen
Postanschrift: Bürgermeister-Wegele-Str. 12, 86167 Augsburg
Amtsgericht Hagen HRB 13257
Steuernummer: 321/5800/1497