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"Music and the Performance of Identity on Marie-Galante, French Antilles "

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"Music and the Performance of Identity on Marie-Galante, French Antilles "

By: Ron Emoff

Marie-Galante is a small island situated in the Caribbean to the south of Guadeloupe. The majority of Marie-Galantais are descendants of the slave era, though a few French settlers also occupy the island. Along with its neighbours Guadeloupe and Martinique, Marie-Galante forms an official d?rtement of France. Marie-Galante historically has never been an independent polity. Marie-Galantais express sentiments of being 'deux fois colonis? or twice colonized, concomitant with their sense of insularity from a global organization of place. Dr Ron Emoff translates this pervasive sense of displacement into the concept of the 'non-nation'. Musical practices on the island provide Marie-Galantais with a means of re-connecting with other significant distant places. Many Marie-Galantais display a 'split-subjectivity', embracing an African heritage, a French association and a Caribbean regionalism. This book is unique, in part, with regard to its treatment of a particular mode of self-consciousness, expressed musically, on a virtually forgotten Caribbean island. The book also combines literary, narrative, historical and musical sources to theorize a postcolonial subsurreal in the French Antilles. The focus of the book is upon kadril dance and gwo ka drumming, two prevalent musical practices on the island with which Marie-Galantais construct unique perceptions of self in relation, specifically, to Africa and France. Based on several extended periods of ethnographic research, the book evokes unique Marie-Galantais views on tradition, historicity, esclavage, nationalism (and its absence) and the local significance of occupying a globally out-of-the-way place. The book will be of interest not only to ethnomusicologists, but also to those interested in cultural and linguistic anthropology, postcolonial studies, performance studies, folklore and Caribbean studies.

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Routledge

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1351557521

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9781351557528

Recollecting from the Past

Musical Practice and Spirit Possession on the East Coast of Madagascar

By: Ron Emoff

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Musical Practice and Spirit Possession on the East Coast of Madagascar

By: Ron Emoff

Studies interconnections between sound production, spirit possession, colonialism and ceremonial remembering in Madagascar. The first serious ethnomusicological study of Malagasy music, Recollecting from the Past evokes the complex sound and performative aesthetic in Madagascar called maresaka. Maresaka pertains not only to musical expression but extends into ways of remembering the past, aesthetics of everyday life, and Malagasy concepts of self and community. Ron Emoff focuses on tromba spirit possession ceremonies in which Malagasy use devotional practice as an occasion to expressively re-figure worlds often impeded by colonialism and postcolonial phenomena, extreme material poverty, and widespread illness. Malagasy not only preserve the past, but they interpret, revalue and transform it to their own ends. Music is crucial to these performances since powerful ancestral spirits will not enter into the present if not enticed by masterful musical performances, and so music itself provides a complex symbolic system with which Malagasy can recall and reconstruct the past. This groundbreaking study will be of interest to readers in the fields of anthropology, ethnomusicology, cultural studies, African studies, postcolonial and performance studies.

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268

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Wesleyan University Press

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0819565008

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9780819565006

Slow Dust Rising

By: Ron Cogdill

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Slow Dust Rising

By: Ron Cogdill

Slow Dust Rising is the bittersweet story of a family's struggle to hold on to their outdated way of life in the face of civilization's crush. Their plight is a metaphor for the struggle of all things "wild" in the modern world -- in which even the rules intended to save them spell their demise, and where resistance by creatures or people is as futile as holding up a hand to stop the wind. Throughout this story you will smile and laugh, but in the end you will shed a tear.

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260

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Bookpartners

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1581510195

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9781581510195

The Youngest Drover

A True Story about Growing Up on a Cattle Drive

By: Ron Carter

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The Youngest Drover

A True Story about Growing Up on a Cattle Drive

By: Ron Carter

A true story about growing up on a cattle drive.

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180

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Claremont, CA : Harbour Books

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0964367203

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Journal of a Coffin Dodger

By: Ron Ellis

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Journal of a Coffin Dodger

By: Ron Ellis

Humour. Bored 84 year old husband and father rents a flat, buys some hair and looks for a lady friend.

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328

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070892767X

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9780708927670

Cry Vengeance

A Novel

By: Ron Handberg

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Cry Vengeance

A Novel

By: Ron Handberg

A woman reporter discovers that a group of women, scarred by sexual assaults, are behind several murders. Now, the group is threatened by a woman within their midst. The reporter's efforts to expose the group lead her down a path of self-discovery, danger, and a final, shocking confrontation.

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400

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Carol Publishing Corporation

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1559722010

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9781559722018

A to Z Mysteries: The Empty Envelope

By: Ron Roy

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A to Z Mysteries: The Empty Envelope

By: Ron Roy

Help Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose solve mysteries from A to Z! Kids love collecting the entire alphabet and super editions! With over 8 million copies in print, the A to Z Mysteries® have been hooking chapter book readers on mysteries and reading for years. Now this classic kid favorite is back with a bright new look! E is for Envelope . . . Who is sending letters to Dink? All week long, Dink has been getting strange mail. The envelopes are addressed to “D. Duncan,” but the letters inside are for someone named Doris. Plus, one envelope is empty! Could it be a secret code? And can Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose crack it?

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102

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Random House Books for Young Readers

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0679890548

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9780679890546

Baseball

The Players, The World Series, The Records

By: Ron Martirano

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Baseball

The Players, The World Series, The Records

By: Ron Martirano

For baseball addicts, the sport is more than just a game: it’s a ritual, a form of self-definition, even a part of nature. After all, there’s no clearer sign that winter’s ending than seeing the boys of summer return to spring training. Baseball: The Players, The World Series, The Records celebrates that passion. Uniquely designed to look and feel like an actual baseball, it covers the entire history of our national pastime, with background on all 30 major league teams and stats, facts, player profiles, and every playoff winner and loser since before the first World Series. With stories of and about the game, including classics like Ring Lardner’s Horseshoes, and quotes from the sport’s giants sprinkled throughout, it’s perfect for rookie fans and veterans alike.

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236

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Cider Mill Press

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1604330112

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9781604330113

"Music and the Performance of Identity on Marie-Galante, French Antilles "

By: Ron Emoff

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Recollecting from the Past

Musical Practice and Spirit Possession on the East Coast of Madagascar

By: Ron Emoff

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Musical Practice and Spirit Possession on the East Coast of Madagascar

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"Music and the Performance of Identity on Marie-Galante, French Antilles "

"Music and the Performance of Identity on Marie-Galante, French Antilles "

Recollecting from the Past

Recollecting from the Past

Slow Dust Rising

Slow Dust Rising

The Youngest Drover

The Youngest Drover

Journal of a Coffin Dodger

Journal of a Coffin Dodger

Cry Vengeance

Cry Vengeance

A to Z Mysteries: The Empty Envelope

A to Z Mysteries: The Empty Envelope

Baseball

Baseball

"Music and the Performance of Identity on Marie-Galante, French Antilles "

"Music and the Performance of Identity on Marie-Galante, French Antilles "

Recollecting from the Past

Recollecting from the Past

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