This study of Jamaican folk music illustrates the effects of acculturation. The majority of the 200 musical examples are Jamaican, with some British and West African music to help show comparative points made in the text. There is an appraisal of the many different races that make up the Jamaican population which account for the different catagories of ethnic music in Jamaica. In addition to the ethnic analysis, this study also covers areas of play, work and religion.
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This study of Jamaican folk music illustrates the effects of acculturation. The majority of the 200 musical examples are Jamaican, with some British and West African music to help show comparative points made in the text. There is an appraisal of the many different races that make up the Jamaican population which account for the different catagories of ethnic music in Jamaica. In addition to the ethnic analysis, this study also covers areas of play, work and religion.
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Good. Ex-library. 2000 hardcover published without jacket/ex-library with usual markings & wear on the cover/clean & unmarked text. 305 p. Studies in the History and Interpretation of Music, 66.
