Funky Nassau: Roots, Routes, and Representation in Bahamian Popular Music Volume 15
(Part of the Music of the African Diaspora Series)
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This book examines the role music has played in the formation of the political and national identity of the Bahamas. Timothy Rommen analyzes Bahamian musical life as it has been influenced and shaped by the islands' location between the United States and the rest of the Caribbean; tourism; and Bahamian colonial and postcolonial history. Focusing on popular music in the second half of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, in particular rake-n-scrape...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0520265696
ISBN13:9780520265691
Release Date:May 2011
Publisher:University of California Press
Length:332 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"
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Arts, Music & Photography Ethnic & International Ethnomusicology Music Musical GenresCustomer Reviews
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