The Banjo : America’s African Instrument
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0674047842
ISBN-13
9780674047846
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Imprint
The Belknap Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 14th, 2016
Print length
384 Pages
Weight
714 grams
Dimensions
16.50 x 24.50 x 3.50 cms
Product Classification:
String instrumentsBlack & Asian studies
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American slaves drew on memories of African musical traditions to construct instruments from carved-out gourds covered with animal skin. Providing a sense of rootedness, solidarity, and consolation, banjo picking became an essential part of black plantation life, and its unmistakable sound remains versatile and enduring today, Laurent Dubois shows.
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