Sounding off rhythm, music, and identity in West African and Caribbean francophone novels

Intrigued by ""texted"" sonorities-the rhythms, musics, ordinary noises, and sounds of language in narratives-Julie Huntington examines the soundscapes in contemporary Francophone novels such as Ousmane Sembene's God's Bits of Wood (Senegal), and Patrick Chamoiseau'...

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Autor principal: Huntington, Julie Anne (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : Temple University Press 2009.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:African Soundscapes
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Sumario:Intrigued by ""texted"" sonorities-the rhythms, musics, ordinary noises, and sounds of language in narratives-Julie Huntington examines the soundscapes in contemporary Francophone novels such as Ousmane Sembene's God's Bits of Wood (Senegal), and Patrick Chamoiseau's Solibo Magnificent (Martinique). Through an ethnomusicological perspective, Huntington argues in Sounding Off that the range of sounds -footsteps, heartbeats, drumbeats-represented in West African and Caribbean works provides a rhythmic polyphony that creates spaces for configuring social and cultural identities.Hunti
Notas:Description based upon print version of record.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (257 p.)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-233) and index.
ISBN:9781282437319
9786612437311
9781439900338