TOPIC 4: Globalization and Politics of Place: The Caribbean in Religion, Rumba, Candomblé.
4.1 RUMBA
Read: Sublette, “Chapter 17: Rumba,” in Cuba and Its Music, Chicago Review Press (February, 2007)
Read: Bache, Cuban Music: Rumba: An Introduction in Liberty Park Music (freedom to learn, your time, your place)
Explore: Caballero, La Rumba Cubana (photo essay)
4.2 CANDOMBLÉ
Explore: Candomblé in Bahía (Brazil) Ritual Dance (photography)
Listen: Candomblé, a Podcast by Massa: Brazilian Music and Culture.
Read: Matory, “Introduction,”in Black Atlantic Religion. 2009, p 1-37. (*Available through Hunter’s Library)
TOPIC 5: Music and Indigeneity
Watch: Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World (dir. Catherine Bainbridge and Alfonso Maiorana, 2017).
Explore: From the Andes to the Arctic in Smithsonian Folk recordings.
Listen: Episode 343: Music and Song in Native North America
Listen to the examples: Wax cylinder recordings of Native American songs and dances, ca. 1910
TOPIC 6: Micro-musics in the United States
