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• Title:From vodou to zouk : a bibliograpic guide to music of the French-speaking Caribbean and its diaspora / John Gray ; foreword by Julian Gerstin.
  
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• Author/Creator:Gray, John, 1962-
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Gerstin, Julian.
  African Diaspora Press, publisher.
  
• Published/Created:Nyack, N.Y. : African Diaspora Press, 2010.
  

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  • Location:MAA LIBRARY (IKB) stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: ML128.F74 G73 2010
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Folk music--West Indies, French--Bibliography.
  Popular music--West Indies, French--Bibliography.
  Musicians, Black--West Indies, French--Bibliography.
  Zouk (Music)--West Indies, French--History and criticism--Bibliography.
  Voodoo music--Bibliography.
  Carnival--West Indies, French--Bibliography.
  West Indies, French--Social life and customs--Bibliography.
  
• Genre/Form: Bibliographies.
  
• Description:xxiv, 201 pages ; 24 cm.
  
• Series:Black music reference series ; v. 1.
  
• Summary:"From vodou to zouk," the inaugural volume in African Diaspora Press's Black Music Reference Series, documents vernacular music traditions of the French- and Creole-speaking Caribbean. Its nearly 1300 entries cover all of the French-speaking islands, in particular Haiti, Martinique, Guadeloupe, and French Guiana, as well as their overseas enclaves in France, the United States, and Canada.
  
• Notes:Includes indexes.
  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9780984413409
  0984413405
  
• Contents:Introduction
  Cultural history and the arts
  Festivals and Carnival
  Music of the French-speaking Caribbean and its diaspora. General works ; Canada ; Cuba ; Dominica ; Dominican Republic ; France ; French Guiana (Guyane) ; Guadeloupe ; Haiti ; Martinique ; Puerto Rico ; St. Lucia ; United States
  Biographical and critical studies.