Congo Square: African Roots in New Orleans - Couverture souple

Evans, Freddie Williams

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1935754033 ISBN 13 : 9781935754039

Editeur : Univ of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2011

Synopsis

Congo Square: African Roots in New Orleans comprises the first comprehensive study of one of the New World's most sacred sites of African American memory and community. Beginning in the eighteenth century, enslaved Africans and free people of color gathered in Congo Square on Sunday afternoons discontinuously for well over one hundred years. This book presents accounts and descriptions of the songs, dances, musical instruments, religious beliefs, and marketing traditions that typified those gatherings. Also included are examples of similar practices that existed in Haiti, Cuba, and other parts of the West Indies, reflecting New Orleans' relationship with Caribbean countries and shedding light on Congo Square's role in extending and peruating African music and dance in North America. The amalgamation of those practices influenced indigenous New Orleans performance styles as well performance forms on the national level.Written in a language accessible to the general public and students on the undergraduate as well as secondary level, this book includes an innovative timeline, maps, graphic images, extensive endnotes, and bibliographic references. This distinguishes it as an exceptional teaching resource for Louisiana as well as African American history and ture across the currium.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Univ of Louisiana at Lafayette
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1935754033
• ISBN 13: 9781935754039
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 209
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible