Revision of author's thesis (doctoral)--Brandeis University, 2012, titled Sound writing : popular music in the contemporary Caribbean novel. Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-214) and index.
Contents:
Phonographic memory : tracing the calypsonian's work in Lawrence Scott's Night calypso -- "Record your memories" : the bolero aesthetic in Oscar Hijuelos' The mambo kings play songs of love -- Re-membering "body and soul" : gender, gwoka, and jazz in Daniel Maximin's Lone sun -- Roots, romance, reggae : (dis)placing memory in Colin Channer's Waiting in vain -- Memory as mixtape : the dub aesthetic in Ramabai Espinet's The swinging bridge.
Summary:
"Phonographic Memories is the first book-length analysis of Caribbean popular music in the Caribbean novel. Tracing a region-wide poetics that attends to the centrality of Caribbean music in retrieving and replaying personal and cultural memories, Hamilton offers a fresh perspective on musical nationalism and nostalgic memory in the era of globalization"-- Provided by publisher.
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