Abidjan USA : music, dance, and mobility in the lives of four Ivorian immigrants / Daniel B. Reed.

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Reed, Daniel B. (Daniel Boyce), 1963- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: African expressive culturesPublisher: Bloomington, Indiana ; Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, [2016]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780253022363
0253022363

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Abidjan USADDC classification:

780.89/96668 23

LOC classification:

ML3760.6

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Contents:

Cover; ABIDJAN USA; Title; Copyright; Contents; Ethnomusicology Multimedia Website ; Preface: A Confluence of Beginnings ; Acknowledgments ; Notes on Language ; Part I. Program Notes ; 1 Introduction: Abidjan USA; 2 "Ballet" as Nexus of Discourses ; Part II. Stages and Stories ; Act I. Vado Diomande.

3 Kekene: The Performance of Oneness in NYC 4 "If You Aren't Careful, You Don't Know Where You Will End Up!": Vado Diomande and Transcendence ; Act II. Samba Diallo ; 5 "Culture Brings Everybody Together": Samba Diallo's Ayoka.

6 "I'm Happy Because I'm Different": Samba Diallo and Exceptionalism Act III. Sogbety Diomande ; 7 "You Know You're in a Different Country": Sogbety Diomande's West African Drum and Dance.

8 "When You're in a New Context, You Try Things That Work in That Context": Sogbety Diomande and Adaptability Act IV. Dr. Djo Bi Irie Simon ; 9 "Open Village": An Ivorian Wedding in an Indiana Cornfield ; 10 "Everyone Is a Cook, but He's a Chef!": Dr. Djo Bi and Innovation.

Part III. Finale 11 Thoughts on the Way Out ; Glossary ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index.

Summary: Daniel B. Reed integrates individual stories with the study of performance to understand the forces of diaspora and mobility in the lives of musicians, dancers, and mask performers originally from COte d'Ivoire who now live in the United States. Through the lives of four Ivorian performers, Reed finds that dance and music, being transportable media, serve as effective ways to understand individual migrants in the world today. As members of an immigrant community who are geographically dispersed, these performers are unmoored from their place of origin and yet deeply engaged in presenting their symbolic roots to North American audiences. By looking at performance, Reed shows how translocation has led to transformations on stage, but he is also sensitive to how performance acts as a way to reinforce and maintain community. Abidjan USA provides a multifaceted view of community that is at once local, national, and international, and where identity is central, but transportable, fluid, and adaptable.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

6 "I'm Happy Because I'm Different": Samba Diallo and Exceptionalism Act III. Sogbety Diomande ; 7 "You Know You're in a Different Country": Sogbety Diomande's West African Drum and Dance.

Part III. Finale 11 Thoughts on the Way Out ; Glossary ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index.

Daniel B. Reed integrates individual stories with the study of performance to understand the forces of diaspora and mobility in the lives of musicians, dancers, and mask performers originally from COte d'Ivoire who now live in the United States. Through the lives of four Ivorian performers, Reed finds that dance and music, being transportable media, serve as effective ways to understand individual migrants in the world today. As members of an immigrant community who are geographically dispersed, these performers are unmoored from their place of origin and yet deeply engaged in presenting their symbolic roots to North American audiences. By looking at performance, Reed shows how translocation has led to transformations on stage, but he is also sensitive to how performance acts as a way to reinforce and maintain community. Abidjan USA provides a multifaceted view of community that is at once local, national, and international, and where identity is central, but transportable, fluid, and adaptable.

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