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Author Reed, Daniel B. (Daniel Boyce), 1963- author.

Title Abidjan USA : music, dance, and mobility in the lives of four Ivorian immigrants / Daniel B. Reed
Published Bloomington, Indiana ; Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource
Series African expressive cultures
African expressive cultures.
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Ivoirians -- United States -- Music -- History and criticism
Music -- Côte d'Ivoire -- History and criticism
MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Classical.
MUSIC -- Reference.
PERFORMING ARTS -- Dance -- Modern.
Music
Côte d'Ivoire
United States
Genre/Form Ethnographies
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Ethnographies.
Études ethnographiques.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2016028421
ISBN 9780253022363
0253022363