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portada After the Dance, the Drums are Heavy: Carnival, Politics, and Musical Engagement in Haiti (Currents in Latin American and Iberian Music)
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Author
Year
2020
Language
English
Pages
464
Format
Paperback
ISBN13
9780190928063
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After the Dance, the Drums are Heavy: Carnival, Politics, and Musical Engagement in Haiti (Currents in Latin American and Iberian Music)

Rebecca Dirksen (Author) · Oup Usa · Paperback

After the Dance, the Drums are Heavy: Carnival, Politics, and Musical Engagement in Haiti (Currents in Latin American and Iberian Music) - Rebecca Dirksen

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Synopsis "After the Dance, the Drums are Heavy: Carnival, Politics, and Musical Engagement in Haiti (Currents in Latin American and Iberian Music) "

Richly ethnographic and a compelling read, After the Dance, the Drums Are Heavy is a study of carnival, politics, and the musical engagement of ordinary citizens and celebrity musicians in contemporary Haiti. The book explores how the self-declared president of konpa Sweet Micky (Michel Martelly) rose to the nation's highest office while methodically crafting a political product inherently entangled with his musical product. It offers deep historical perspective on the characteristics of carnivalesque verbal play-and the performative skillset of the artist (Sweet Micky) who dominated carnival for more than a decade-including vulgarities and polemics. Yet there has been profound resistance to this brand of politics led by many other high-profile artists, including Matyas and Jòj, Brothers Posse, Boukman Eksperyans, and RAM. These groups have each released popular carnival songs that have contributed to the public's discussions on what civic participation and citizenship in Haiti can and should be. Drawing on more than a decade and a half of ethnographic research, Rebecca Dirksen presents an in-depth consideration of politically and socially engaged music and what these expressions mean for the Haitian population in the face of challenging political and economic circumstances. After the Dance, the Drums Are Heavy centers the voices of Haitian musicians and regular citizens by extensively sharing interviews and detailed analyses of musical performance in the context of contemporary events well beyond the musical realm.

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