Sounding Off Rhythm, Music, and Identity in West African and Caribbean Francophone Novels

Intrigued by "texted" sonorities-the rhythms, musics, ordinary noises, and sounds of language in narratives-Julie Huntington examines the soundscapes in contemporary Francophone novels such as Ousmane Sembene's God's Bits of Wood (Senegal), and Patrick Chamoiseau's Solibo Ma...

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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Temple University Press 2009
Series:African Soundscapes
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