Timothy Brennan

Mon 9.26.11| Neo-African Music and Resistance

Timothy Brennan, Secular Devotion: Afro-Latin Music and Imperial Jazz Verso, 2008

 

 

 

 

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Afro-Latin music is a multi-million dollar industry, but according to Timothy Brennan, it speaks to a world outside of the relations of the market--and that's what makes it irresistible. Brennan talks about cultural resistance, the Afro-Cuban roots music known as the son, and the pioneering scholarship of Cuban novelist Alejo Carpentier. (Encore presentation.)

Tues 12.08.09| Neo-African Music and Resistance

Afro-Latin music is a multi-million dollar industry, but according to Timothy Brennan, it speaks to a world outside of the relations of the market and that's what makes it irresistible. Brennan talks about cultural resistance, the Afro-Cuban roots music known as the son, and the pioneering scholarship of Cuban novelist Alejo Carpentier.

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