After the dance, the drum is heavy carnival, politics, and musical engagement in Haiti /

Richly ethnographic, 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'...

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Main Author: Dirksen, Rebecca,
Other Authors: Oxford Scholarship Online.
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (464 pages) : illustrations (black and white).
Series: Currents in Latin American & Iberian music.
Oxford scholarship online.
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