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Abstract / 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 Côte 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.

Field of Interest

Black Studies

Author

Daniel Reed, 1963-

Publisher

Indiana University Press

Copyright Message

Copyright © 2016 Daniel B. Reed

Content Type

Book

Duration

0 sec

Warning: Contains explicit content

No

Format

Text

Sub Genre

African

Original Publication Date

2016

Page Count

352

Publication Year

2016

Publisher

Indiana University Press

Place Published / Released

Bloomington, IN

Subject

Black Studies, Diversity, Family and Culture, Music and the Arts, Ethnomusicology, Performers, Familia y Cultura, Família e Cultura, Música e Artes, Música y las Artes, United States of America, USA, US of A, America, Estados Unidos, Abidjan, Abidjan Department, United States, Ivorians, 21st Century in World History (2001– )

Series / Program

African Expressive Cultures

Keywords and Translated Subjects

Familia y Cultura, Família e Cultura, Música e Artes, Música y las Artes, United States of America, USA, US of A, America, Estados Unidos