The Banjo
America's African Instrument
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19904131 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Laurent Dubois (0000-0002-0748-8470, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Pages | 384 |
| Publication date | 2016-12-31 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Banjo (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Harvard University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.4159/9780674968813 |
| OpenAlex | W4236394134 |
| ISBN | 9780674968813 |
| Open Library | OL54048868M |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
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
Quelques termes musicaux afro-créoles dans les textes coloniaux français des xviie et xviiie siècles
Brave Shanty Boys
Quantitative similarities between the banjo and a diverse collection of West African lutes
The Profiteers of Slavery Go to the Opera
The Jamaican airs
Building New Banjos for an Old-Time World
Introduction – Imagining the “Musical Memorial” Music and the (re)transmission of the memory of slaveries and the slave trades
Imaginer le « mémorial musical » Musiques et (re)transmissions des mémoires des traites et des esclavages
Behind the Marronnage project. Balancing Resources, Methodology and Access in an Online Archive
The Musical Passage project. Interview with Mary Caton Lingold
The Plantation Countermelodies of Dunbar and Du Bois
Hearing “African” and “European” music in the Atlantic world
Fugitive sounds
Don't Be Disrespectful, Young 'Un
| Citations per year | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |