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Rock It Come Over: The Folk Music of Jamaica

Rock It Come Over: The Folk Music of Jamaica

Paperback

Country & FolkMusic ReferenceWorld Music

Publisher Price: $35.00

ISBN10: 9766400288
ISBN13: 9789766400286
Publisher: University of the West Indies Press
Published: Aug 1 2000
Pages: 335
Weight: 1.06
Height: 0.74 Width: 6.08 Depth: 9.06
Language: English

Rock It Come Over describes the music and lore of Slavery from the early sixteenth century through emancipation in 1838 to the mid twentieth century. Lewin explores the role of music in the lives of the slaves as a method of communication, as a form of resistance and subversion, as a repository of oral history and beliefs, and, ultimately, as a means of survival. The work is based on decades of research into the music sung and played by the working people of Jamaica. Lewin relates the music to traditions that preserve an African way of life and the beliefs of Kumina queen, Imogene Queenie Kennedy.

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