Phonographic Memories: Popular Music and the Contemporary Caribbean Novel
(Part of the Critical Caribbean Studies Series)
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Phonographic Memories is the first book to perform a sustained analysis of the narrative and thematic influence of Caribbean popular music on the Caribbean novel. Tracing a region-wide attention to the deep connections between music and memory in the work of Lawrence Scott, Oscar Hijuelos, Colin Channer, Daniel Maximin, and Ramabai Espinet, Njelle Hamilton tunes in to each novel's soundtrack while considering the broader listening cultures that sustain collective memory and situate Caribbean subjects in specific localities. These "musical fictions" depict Caribbean people turning to calypso, bolero, reggae, gwoka, and dub to record, retrieve, and replay personal and cultural memories. Offering a fresh perspective on musical nationalism and nostalgic memory in the era of globalization, Phonographic Memories affirms the continued importance of Caribbean music in providing contemporary novelists ethical narrative models for sounding marginalized memories and voices. Njelle W. Hamilton's Spotify playlist to accompany Phonographic Memories: https: //spoti.fi/2tCQRm8
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0813596599
ISBN13:9780813596594
Release Date:May 2019
Publisher:Rutgers University Press
Length:236 Pages
Weight:0.75 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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Arts, Music & Photography Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections MusicCustomer Reviews
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