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Secular devotion : Afro-Latin music and imperial jazz / Timothy Brennan.
| Author/creator | Brennan, Timothy, 1953- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : Verso, 2008. |
| Description | xiv, 290 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | World music does not exist -- Surrealism and the Son -- Face down in the mainstream -- Rap and American business -- Global youth and local pleasure -- The war of writing on music : Mumbo jumbo -- Imperial jazz. |
| Abstract | Popular music in the Americas, from jazz, Cuban and Latin salsa to disco and rap, is overwhelmingly neo-African. Created in the midst of war and military invasion, and filtered through a Western worldview, these musical forms are completely modern in their sensibilities: they are in fact the very sound of modern life. But the African religious philosophy at their core involved a longing for earlier eras--ones that pre-dated the technological discipline of labor forced on captive populations by capitalism. In this groundbreaking new book, the author shows how the popular music of the Americas--the music of entertainment, nightlife, and leisure--is involved in a devotion to an African religious worldview that survived the ravages of slavery and found its way into the rituals of everyday listening. He explores the challenge that Afro-Latin music poses to Western cultural imperialism, and the processes by which it has been absorbed into the imperial impagination. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-274) and index. |
| ISBN | 9781844672912 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 1844672913 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9781844672905 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 1844672905 (hbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Stacks | ML3475 .B74 2008 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |