{"product_id":"instruments-of-empire-filipino-musicians-black-soldiers-and-military-band-music-during-us-colonization-of-the-philippines-9781496835673","title":"Instruments of Empire  Filipino Musicians Black","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe untold story of the Philippine Constabulary Band offers a unique opportunity to examine the limits and porousness of America's racial ideologies, exploring musical pleasure at the intersection of Euro-American cultural hegemony, racialization, and US colonization of the Philippines.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eInstruments of Empire\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book-length study of the historic Philippine Constabulary Band, a military band (and, in their later years, an orchestra) led by African American US military officer and bandleader Lt. Walter H. Loving. Through close readings of archival documents, oral histories and interviews, secondary sources, and reimaginings of prior performances, Talusan brings music—its performers and performances—to the forefront. Her work beautifully lays out for us how these Filipino musicians and their work teach us to listen against the ‘imperial ear’ and, in the process, apprehend the deep significance of the Philippine Constabulary Band’s early twentieth-century musical and everyday performances until today.","brand":"MP-MPP University Press of Mississippi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50578108940631,"sku":"9781496835673","price":23.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781496835673.jpg?v=1746097944","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/instruments-of-empire-filipino-musicians-black-soldiers-and-military-band-music-during-us-colonization-of-the-philippines-9781496835673","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}