Freedom, Modernity, and the Logic of Black Music's African Origins
by
David F. Garcia
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2017
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 Dunham,...