Listening for Africa Freedom, Modernity, and the Logic of Black Music's African Origins

• Main Author: Garcia, David F. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Duke University Press 2017
• Subjects: Theory of music & musicology; Music; Ethnic studies; Sociology; African Studies
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

In Listening for Africa David F. Garcia explores how a diverse group of musicians, dancers, academics, and activists engaged with the idea of black music and dance's African origins between the 1930s and 1950s. Garcia examines the work of figures ranging from Melville J. Herskovits, Katherine D...