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Music from behind the bridge : steelband spirit and politics in Trinidad and Tobago

Title
Music from behind the bridge : steelband spirit and politics in Trinidad and Tobago / Shannon Dudley.
Author
Dudley, Shannon.
Publication
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

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Description
xiv, 311 pages : illustrations, maps, music; 24 cm
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-302), discography (p. 303), and index.
Contents
The steelband movement and music -- An unlikely instrument -- The national instrument -- Dropping the bomb -- A showcase for pan -- Rise of the arranger -- Community participation -- Contest and control -- Writing their own tunes -- From panman to pannist -- Popular culture and nationalism.
ISBN
  • 9780195175479 (alk. paper)
  • 9780195321234 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0195175476 (alk. paper)
  • 0195321235 (alk. paper)
LCCN
2007007035
OCLC
  • 269375952
  • ocn269375952
  • SCSB-9093445
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries