Awakening Spaces: French Caribbean Popular Songs, Music

Description: Berrian, Brenda F. (2000). Awakening Spaces: French Caribbean Popular Songs, Music, and Culture. Chicago, [Ill.], University of Chicago Press [from the back cover] The fast-paced zouk of Kassav', the romantic biguine of Malavoi, the jazz of Fal Frett, the ballads of Mona, and reggae of Kali and Pôglo are all part of the burgeoning popular music scene in the French Caribbean. In this lively book, Brenda F. Berrian chronicles the rise of this music, which has captivated the minds and bodies of the Francophone world and elsewhere. Based on personal interviews and discussions of song texts, Berrian shows how these musicians express their feelings about current and past events, about themselves, their islands, and the French. Through their lyrical themes, these songs create metaphorical "spaces" that evoke narratives of desire, exile, subversion, and Creole identity and experiences. Berrian opens up these spaces to reveal how the artists not only engage their listeners and effect social change, but also empower and identify themselves. She also explores the music as it relates to the art of drumming, and to genres such as African American and Latin jazz and reggae. With Awakening Spaces, Berrian adds fresh insight into the historical struggles and arts of the French Caribbean. Check out my other listings for items on ethnomusicology, Caribbean, African, Native American and other regions of world art and cultures. Product Identifiers Publisher University of Chicago Press ISBN-10 0226044564 ISBN-13 9780226044569 eBay Product ID (ePID) 1660368 Product Key Features Format Trade Paperback Language English Publication Year 2000 Number of Pages 302 Pages Dimensions Item Length 9in. Item Height 1in. Item Width 6in. Item Weight 14.8 Oz Additional Product Features Lc Classification Number Ml3486.A1b47 2000 Author Brenda F. Berrian Table of Content Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Safe Space: Malavoi's Nostalgic Songs of Childhood and Exile 2. Creole, Zouk, and Identity in Kassav's Optimistic Songs 3. More Than a Doudou: Women's Subversive Songs 4. Cultural Politics and Black Resistance as Sites of Struggle 5. Public Performance, Marketing Devices, and Audience Reception 6. The Recontextualization of Urban Music 7. A Deferential Space for the Drum: The Ambivalence of a Cultural Voice Epilogue Notes Bibliography Discography List of Interviews Index Copyright Date 2000 Target Audience Scholarly & Professional Topic History & Criticism, Ethnomusicology, Genres & Styles / Pop Vocal Lccn 99-055026 Dewey Decimal 781.64/097297/6 Series Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology Ser. Dewey Edition 21 Illustrated Yes Genre Music

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