{"product_id":"sounding-off-9781439900314","title":"Sounding Off","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA look at how West African and Caribbean Francophone writers use rhythm, music, and sound to create and negotiate identity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Huntington’s emphasis on the interconnections of the related arts—music, poetry, fiction, oral tradition etc.—is one of the few to treat systematically, and in a sound, sophisticated theoretical and ethnographic framework, the important traits of African literary, oral and musical productions. \u003c\/i\u003eSounding Off\u003ci\u003e will make a great contribution to the interdisciplinary study and thus provide a deeper understanding of musical and literary-artistic productions in African and diasporan communities.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Daniel Avorgbedor\u003c\/b\u003e, Ohio State University, Columbus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments \u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. Rhythm and Transcultural Poetics\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRhythm and Transculture\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMethod\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. Rhythm and Reappropriation in God’s \u003ci\u003eBits of Wood\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Suns of Independence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLanguage and the Language of Music\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRhythm and Reappropriation in the Novel\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eInstrumentaliture at Work\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRhythm and Transformation\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOrdinary and Extraordinary Rhythms\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. Rhythm, Music, and Identity in \u003ci\u003eL’appel des arènes\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTi Jean L’horizon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRhythm, Music, Subjectivity, and the Novel\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRhythm and Identity in \u003c\/i\u003eL’appel des arènes \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRhythm and Identity in \u003c\/i\u003eTi Jean L’horizon \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRethinking Rootedness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. Music and Mourning in \u003ci\u003eCrossing the Mangrove\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSolibo Magnificent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMemory, Mourning, and Mosaic Identities\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRhythm, Music, and Identity as Process\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sounds of Death and Mourning\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eConfiguring Rhythmic and Musically Mediated Identities\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConcluding Remarks \u003cbr\u003eWorks Cited \u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Temple University Press,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408301728087,"sku":"9781439900314","price":38.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781439900314.jpg?v=1730502350","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sounding-off-9781439900314","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}