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Infectious Rhythm
Metaphors of Contagion and the Spread of African Culture
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ISBN-13:
9781136051821
Veröffentl:
2013
Seiten:
256
Autor:
Barbara Browning
eBook Typ:
PDF
eBook Format:
EPUB
Kopierschutz:
2 - DRM Adobe
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Barbara Browning follows the trail of "e;infectious rhythm"e; from the ecstatic percussion of a Brazilian carnival group to the eerily silent video image of the LAPD beating a man like a drum. Throughout, she identifies the metaphoric strain of contagion which both celebrates the diasporic spread of African culture, and serves as the justification for its brutal repression. The essays in this book examine both the vital and violent ways in which recent associations have been made between the AIDS pandemic and African diasporic cultural practices, including religious worship, music, dance, sculpture, painting, orature, literature and film. While pointing to the lengthy and complex history of the metaphor of African contagion, Browning argues that in its politicized, life-affirming embodiment, the figure might actually teach us to respond to epidemia humanely.
Introduction; Chapter 1 Babaluaiyé; Chapter 2 Compact World; Chapter 3 Lutte contre les moustiques; Chapter 4 African Medicine Men; Chapter 5 Voodoo Economics; Chapter 6 Mixing Bloods; Chapter 7 Cyberspace, Voodoo Sex, and Retroviral Identity; Chapter 8 Benetton; Chapter 9 Penetrable Selves (";Paris Is Burning"); Chapter 10 The Closed Body; NOTES; INDEX;
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