{"product_id":"infectious-rhythm-metaphors-of-contagion-and-the-spread-of-african-culture-9780415919814","title":"Infectious Rhythm: Metaphors of Contagion and the Spread of African Culture","description":"Barbara Browning follows the trail of \"infectious rhythm\" from the ecstatic percussion of a Brazilian carnival group to the eerily silent video image of the LAPD beating a man like a drum. Throughout, she identifies the metaphoric strain of contagion which both celebrates the diasporic spread of African culture, and serves as the justification for its brutal repression. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The essays in this book examine both the vital and violent ways in which recent associations have been made between the AIDS pandemic and African diasporic cultural practices, including religious worship, music, dance, sculpture, painting, orature, literature and film. While pointing to the lengthy and complex history of the metaphor of African contagion, Browning argues that in its politicized, life-affirming embodiment, the figure might actually teach us to respond to epidemia humanely.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Barbara Browning\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/26\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.04h x 6.02w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415919814\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBarbara Browning\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor of Performance Studies at New York University. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eSamba: Resistance in Motion.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43195224948851,"sku":"9.78042E+12","price":77.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_05a84f0e-1417-4e89-b2cb-2efe345d7e9d.jpg?v=1752583032","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/infectious-rhythm-metaphors-of-contagion-and-the-spread-of-african-culture-9780415919814","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}