Infectious Rhythm

Metaphors of Contagion and the Spread of African Culture

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7100082
AutoresBarbara Browning (0000-0002-2305-1340, autor de correspondencia)
Año1998
Páginas256
Fecha de publicación1998-03-26
Open AccessNo
TipoBOOK
RevistaInfectious Rhythm (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9780203611074
OpenAlexW647739623
Open LibraryOL53925705M
ISBN9780203611074
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas53

Barbara Browning follows the trail of infectious rhythm from the ecstatic percussion of a Brazilian carnival group to the eerily silent video image of the LAPD beating a man like a drum. Throughout, she identifies the metaphoric strain of contagion which both celebrates the diasporic spread of African culture, and serves as the justification for its brutal repression. The essays in this book examine both the vital and violent ways in which recent associations have been made between the AIDS pandemic and African diasporic cultural practices, including religious worship, music, dance, sculpture, painting, orature, literature and film. While pointing to the lengthy and complex history of the metaphor of African contagion, Browning argues that in its politicized, life-affirming embodiment, the figure might actually teach us to respond to epidemia humanely

Aesthetics · Art · Dance · Diaspora · Literature · Metaphor · Rhythm · Sociology · Theology · Visual arts · Worship · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Gender Studies · History · Philosophy · Blacks · Culture diffusion · race relations