How Long to Read Music and the Performance of Identity on Marie-Galante, French Antilles

How Long Does it Take to Read Music and the Performance of Identity on Marie-Galante, French Antilles?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 30 minutes to read Music and the Performance of Identity on Marie-Galante, French Antilles by Ron Emoff

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Description

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 drtement 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.

How long is Music and the Performance of Identity on Marie-Galante, French Antilles?

Music and the Performance of Identity on Marie-Galante, French Antilles by Ron Emoff is 210 pages long, and a total of 52,500 words.

This makes it 71% the length of the average book. It also has 64% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Music and the Performance of Identity on Marie-Galante, French Antilles Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 46 minutes to read Music and the Performance of Identity on Marie-Galante, French Antilles aloud.

What Reading Level is Music and the Performance of Identity on Marie-Galante, French Antilles?

Music and the Performance of Identity on Marie-Galante, French Antilles is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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