Infectious rhythm metaphors of contagion and the spread of African culture
Barbara Browning follows the trail of ""infectious rhythm"" from the ecstatic percussion of a Brazilian carnival group to the eerily silent video image of the LAPD beating a man like a drum. Throughout, she identifies the metaphoric strain of contagion which both celebrates the d...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Routledge
1998.
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| Edición: | 1st edition |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009628074106719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; INFECTIOUS RHYTHM; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; INTRODUCTION ""Haiti Is Here / Haiti Is Not Here; ONE Babaluaiyé: Diaspora As Pandemic; TWO Compact World; THREE Lutte contre les moustiques:The Question of Irony; FOUR African Medicine Men; FIVE Voodoo Economics; SIX Mixing Bloods: The L.A. Riots; SEVEN Cyberspace, Voodoo Sex, and Retroviral Identity; EIGHT Benetton: Blood Is Big Business; NINE Penetrable Selves (""Paris Is Burning""); TEN The Closed Body; Notes; Index
