Tambú

Curaçao's African-Caribbean Ritual and the Politics of Memory

Nonfiction, Entertainment, Music, Theory & Criticism, Ethnomusicology, History, Americas, Caribbean & West Indies, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Popular Culture
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Author: Nanette de Jong ISBN: 9780253005724
Publisher: Indiana University Press Publication: April 24, 2012
Imprint: Indiana University Press Language: English
Author: Nanette de Jong
ISBN: 9780253005724
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication: April 24, 2012
Imprint: Indiana University Press
Language: English

As contemporary Tambú music and dance evolved on the Caribbean island of Curaçao, it intertwined sacred and secular, private and public cultural practices, and many traditions from Africa and the New World. As she explores the formal contours of Tambú, Nanette de Jong discovers its variegated history and uncovers its multiple and even contradictory origins. De Jong recounts the personal stories and experiences of Afro-Curaçaoans as they perform Tambu–some who complain of its violence and low-class attraction and others who champion Tambú as a powerful tool of collective memory as well as a way to imagine the future.

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As contemporary Tambú music and dance evolved on the Caribbean island of Curaçao, it intertwined sacred and secular, private and public cultural practices, and many traditions from Africa and the New World. As she explores the formal contours of Tambú, Nanette de Jong discovers its variegated history and uncovers its multiple and even contradictory origins. De Jong recounts the personal stories and experiences of Afro-Curaçaoans as they perform Tambu–some who complain of its violence and low-class attraction and others who champion Tambú as a powerful tool of collective memory as well as a way to imagine the future.

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