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Rock It Come Over: The Folk Music of Jamaica

Rock It Come Over: The Folk Music of Jamaica

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Availability:In StockContributor:Olive LewinPublish date:2000-08-01Pages:335
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of the West Indies PressISBN-13:9789766400286ISBN-10:9766400288UPC:9789766400286Book Category:MusicBook Subcategory:Ethnic, Genres & Styles, History & CriticismBook Topic:Folk & TraditionalSize:9.06 x 6.08 x 0.74 inchesWeight:1.0604Product ID:SCC7AW8JTW

Rock It Come Over: The Folk Music of Jamaica

Rock It Come Over describes the music and lore of Slavery from the early sixteenth century through emancipation in 1838 to the mid twentieth century. Lewin explores the role of music in the lives of the slaves as a method of communication, as a form of resistance and subversion, as a repository of oral history and beliefs, and, ultimately, as a means of survival. The work is based on decades of...

Language:EnglishPublisher:University of the West Indies PressISBN-13:9789766400286ISBN-10:9766400288UPC:9789766400286Book Category:MusicBook Subcategory:Ethnic, Genres & Styles, History & CriticismBook Topic:Folk & TraditionalSize:9.06 x 6.08 x 0.74 inchesWeight:1.0604Product ID:SCC7AW8JTW
Lewin, Olive: - Olive Lewin is the director of the Jamaica Folk Singers and cultural director of Grace, Kennedy Ltd.
Publisher: University of the West Indies Press

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