A Day for the Hunter, a Day for the Prey: Popular Music and Power in Haiti (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology)

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The history of Haiti all the way through the twentieth century has been marked by oppression by the hands of colonial and dictatorial overlords. But set against this “day for the hunter” has been a “day for the prey,” a history of resistance, and once in a while of triumph. With keen cultural and historical awareness, Gage Averill shows that Haiti’s vibrant and expressive music has been one of the highly charged instruments on this struggle—one during which power, politics, and resistance are inextricably fused.

Averill explores such diverse genres as Haitian jazz, troubadour traditions, Vodou-jazz, konpa, mini-djaz, new generation, and roots music. He examines the complex interaction of music with power in contexts such as honorific rituals, sponsored street celebrations, Carnival, and social movements that span the political spectrum.

With firsthand accounts by musicians, photos, song texts, and ethnographic descriptions, this book explores the profound manifestations of power and song within the day by day efforts of unusual Haitians to upward thrust above political repression.
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