Abidjan USA : Music, Dance, and Mobility in the Lives of Four Ivorian Immigrants.
Reed, Daniel B.
Abidjan USA : Music, Dance, and Mobility in the Lives of Four Ivorian Immigrants. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (353 pages) - African Expressive Cultures Series . - African Expressive Cultures Series .
Cover -- ABIDJAN USA -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Ethnomusicology Multimedia Website -- Preface: A Confluence of Beginnings -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on Language -- Part I. Program Notes -- 1 Introduction: Abidjan USA -- 2 "Ballet" as Nexus of Discourses -- Part II. Stages and Stories -- Act I. Vado Diomande -- 3 Kekene: The Performance of Oneness in NYC -- 4 "If You Aren't Careful, You Don't Know Where You Will End Up!": Vado Diomande and Transcendence -- Act II. Samba Diallo -- 5 "Culture Brings Everybody Together": Samba Diallo's Ayoka -- 6 "I'm Happy Because I'm Different": Samba Diallo and Exceptionalism -- Act III. Sogbety Diomande -- 7 "You Know You're in a Different Country": Sogbety Diomande's West African Drum and Dance -- 8 "When You're in a New Context, You Try Things That Work in That Context": Sogbety Diomande and Adaptability -- Act IV. Dr. Djo Bi Irie Simon -- 9 "Open Village": An Ivorian Wedding in an Indiana Cornfield -- 10 "Everyone Is a Cook, but He's a Chef!": Dr. Djo Bi and Innovation -- Part III. Finale -- 11 Thoughts on the Way Out -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abidjan USA provides a multifaceted view of community that is at once local, national, and international, and where identity is central, but transportable, fluid, and adaptable.
9780253022363
Music - Caote d'Ivoire - History and criticism.
Electronic books.
ML3760.6.R44 2016
780.8996668
Abidjan USA : Music, Dance, and Mobility in the Lives of Four Ivorian Immigrants. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (353 pages) - African Expressive Cultures Series . - African Expressive Cultures Series .
Cover -- ABIDJAN USA -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Ethnomusicology Multimedia Website -- Preface: A Confluence of Beginnings -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on Language -- Part I. Program Notes -- 1 Introduction: Abidjan USA -- 2 "Ballet" as Nexus of Discourses -- Part II. Stages and Stories -- Act I. Vado Diomande -- 3 Kekene: The Performance of Oneness in NYC -- 4 "If You Aren't Careful, You Don't Know Where You Will End Up!": Vado Diomande and Transcendence -- Act II. Samba Diallo -- 5 "Culture Brings Everybody Together": Samba Diallo's Ayoka -- 6 "I'm Happy Because I'm Different": Samba Diallo and Exceptionalism -- Act III. Sogbety Diomande -- 7 "You Know You're in a Different Country": Sogbety Diomande's West African Drum and Dance -- 8 "When You're in a New Context, You Try Things That Work in That Context": Sogbety Diomande and Adaptability -- Act IV. Dr. Djo Bi Irie Simon -- 9 "Open Village": An Ivorian Wedding in an Indiana Cornfield -- 10 "Everyone Is a Cook, but He's a Chef!": Dr. Djo Bi and Innovation -- Part III. Finale -- 11 Thoughts on the Way Out -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abidjan USA provides a multifaceted view of community that is at once local, national, and international, and where identity is central, but transportable, fluid, and adaptable.
9780253022363
Music - Caote d'Ivoire - History and criticism.
Electronic books.
ML3760.6.R44 2016
780.8996668