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Author Averill, Gage.

Title A day for the hunter, a day for the prey : popular music and power in Haiti / Gage Averill
Published Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1997

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Description xxix, 276 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series Chicago studies in ethnomusicology
Chicago studies in ethnomusicology.
Contents 1. Introduction: "A Message to Pass from Mouth to Mouth" -- 2. "Living from Their Own Garden": The Discourse of Authenticity -- 3. "Konpa-direk for Life": Francois Duvalier's Dictatorship and Konpa-direk -- 4. "Musicians Are a Single Family": Critical Discourse in Music under Baby Doc Duvalier -- 5. "Watch Out for Them!": Dechoukaj and Its Aftermath -- Epilogue: "Carnival of Hope"
Summary With firsthand accounts by musicians, photos, song texts, and ethnographic descriptions, this book explores the profound manifestations of power and song in the day-to-day efforts of ordinary Haitians to rise above political repression
The history of Haiti throughout the twentieth century has been marked by oppression at the hands of colonial and dictatorial overlords. But set against this "day for the hunter" has been a "day for the prey" - a history of resistance and sometimes of triumph. With keen cultural and historical awareness, Gage Averill shows that Haiti's vibrant and expressive music has been one of the most highly charged instruments in this struggle - one in which power, politics, and resistance are inextricably fused. Averill explores such diverse genres as Haitian jazz, troubadour traditions, Vodou-jazz, konpa, mini-djaz, new generation, and roots music. He examines the complex interaction of music with power in contexts such as honorific rituals, sponsored street celebrations, Carnival, and social movements that span the political spectrum
Bibliography Discography: pages 255-258
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-253) and index
Subject Popular music -- Haiti -- History and criticism.
Power (Social sciences) -- Haiti -- History -- 20th century.
LC no. 96034209
ISBN 0226032914 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226032922 (paperback: alk. paper)