Audible empire : music, global politics, critique
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Audible empire : music, global politics, critique
（Refiguring American music）
Duke University Press, c2016
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [361]-390) and index
Contents of Works
- Introduction : hearing empier--imperial listening / Ronald Radano and Tejumola Olaniyan
- Decolonizing the ear : the transcolonial reverberations of vernacular phonograph music / Michael Denning
- Smoking hot : cigarettes, jazz, and the production of global imaginaries in interwar Shanghai / Nan Enstad
- Circuit listening : Grace Chang and the dawn of the Chinese 1960s / Andrew F. Jones
- The Aesthetics of Allá : listening like a sonidero / Josh Kun
- Sound legacy : Elsie Houston / Micol Seigel
- Imperial aurality : jazz, the archive, and U.S. empire / Jairo Moreno
- Where they came from : reracializing music in the empire of silence / Philip V. Bohlman
- Di eagle and di bear : who gets to tell the story of the Cold War? / Penny Von Eschen
- Currents of revolutionary confluence : a view from Cuba's hip hop festival / Marc Perry
- Tango as intangible cultural heritage : development, diversity, and the values of music in Buenos Aires / Morgan James Luker
- Musical economies of the elusive metropolis / Gavin Steingo
- The sound of anticolonialism / Brent Hayes Edwards
- Rap, race, revolution : post-9/11 Brown and a hip hop critique of empire / Nitasha Sharma
- Echo and anthem : representing sound, music, and difference in two colonial modern novels / Amanda Weidman
- Tonality as a colonizing force in Africa / Kofi Agawu
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Description
Audible Empire rethinks the processes and mechanisms of empire and shows how musical practice has been crucial to its spread around the globe. Music is a means of comprehending empire as an audible formation, and the contributors highlight how it has been circulated, consumed, and understood through imperial logics. These fifteen interdisciplinary essays cover large swaths of genre, time, politics, and geography, and include topics such as the affective relationship between jazz and cigarettes in interwar China; the sonic landscape of the U.S.- Mexico border; the critiques of post-9/11 U.S. empire by desi rappers; and the role of tonality in the colonization of Africa. Whether focusing on Argentine tango, theorizing anticolonialist sound, or examining the music industry of postapartheid South Africa, the contributors show how the audible has been a central component in the creation of imperialist notions of reason, modernity, and culture. In doing so, they allow us to hear how empire is both made and challenged.
Contributors: Kofi Agawu, Philip V. Bohlman. Michael Denning, Brent Hayes Edwards, Nan Enstad, Andrew Jones, Josh Kun, Morgan Luker, Jairo Moreno, Tejumola Olaniyan, Marc Perry, Ronald Radano, Nitasha Sharma, Micol Seigel, Gavin Steingo, Penny Von Eschen, Amanda Weidman.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction. Hearing Empire-Imperial Listening / Ronald Radano and Tejumola Olaniyan 1
Part I. Technologies of Circulation
1. Decolonizing the Ear: The Transcolonial Reverberations of Vernacular Phonograph Music / Michael Denning 25
2. Smoking Hot: Cigarettes, Jazz, and the Production of Global Imaginaries in Interwar Shanghai / Nan Enstad 45
3. Circuit Listening: Grace Chang and the Dawn of the Chinese 1960s / Andrew F. Jones 66
Part II. Audible Displacements
4. The Aesthetics of Alla: Listening Like a Sonidero / Josh Kun 95
5. Sound Legacy: Elsie Houston / Micol Seigel 116
6. Imperial Aurality: Jazz, the Archive, and U.S. Empire / Jairo Moreno 135
7. Where They Came From: Reracializing Music in the Empire of Silence / Philip V. Bohlman 161
Part III. Cultural Policies and Politics in the Sound Market
8. Di Eagle and di Bear: Who Gets to Tell the Story of the Cold War? / Penny Von Eschen 187
9. Currents of Revolutionary Confluence: A View from Cuba's Hip Hop Festival / Marc Perry 209
10. Tango as Intangible Cultural Heritage: Development, Diversity, and the Values of Music in Buenos Aires / Morgan James Luker 225
11. Musical Economies of the Elusive Metropolis / Gavin Steingo 246
Part IV. Anticolonialism
12. The Sound of Anticolonialism / Brent Hayes Edwards 269
13. Rap, Race, Revolution: Post-9/11 Brown and a Hip Hop Critique of Empire / Nitasha Sharma 292
14. Echo and Anthem: Representing Sound, Music, and Difference in Two Colonial Modern Novels / Amanda Weidman 314
15. Tonality as a Colonizing Force in Africa / Kofi Agawu 334
Discography 357
Bibliography 361
Contributors 391
Index 397
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