Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Caribbean Music
- Cambridge Companions to Music
- The Cambridge Companion to Caribbean Music
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction to the Caribbean and Its History
- 2 Race and Transculturation
- 3 Salsa Soundings
- 4 Blackness and Identity
- 5 From the Island to Global Stages
- 6 Investigating the Caribbean’s African Past
- 7 Reframing Diasporic Belonging
- 8 Competition, Conflict, and Cooperation
- 9 Uncovering Hidden Histories of Meaning
- 10 The Foundations of Rap Music and Post-colonial Emancipation
- 11 Konpa, Zouk, and the Politics of World Music
- 12 Globalisation in the Reggae and Dub Diaspora
- 13 Musical Orality and Literacy in the Transmission of Knowledge and Praxis
- 14 Narratives of Return
- 15 Decolonising Caribbean Imaginaries
- Index
- References
7 - Reframing Diasporic Belonging
Curaçao Tambú Parties in the Netherlands
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 September 2022
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Caribbean Music
- Cambridge Companions to Music
- The Cambridge Companion to Caribbean Music
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction to the Caribbean and Its History
- 2 Race and Transculturation
- 3 Salsa Soundings
- 4 Blackness and Identity
- 5 From the Island to Global Stages
- 6 Investigating the Caribbean’s African Past
- 7 Reframing Diasporic Belonging
- 8 Competition, Conflict, and Cooperation
- 9 Uncovering Hidden Histories of Meaning
- 10 The Foundations of Rap Music and Post-colonial Emancipation
- 11 Konpa, Zouk, and the Politics of World Music
- 12 Globalisation in the Reggae and Dub Diaspora
- 13 Musical Orality and Literacy in the Transmission of Knowledge and Praxis
- 14 Narratives of Return
- 15 Decolonising Caribbean Imaginaries
- Index
- References
Summary
This chapter introduces the Tambú, from Curaçao, and follows its resettlement in the Netherlands, where it is celebrated as a party attended a variety of immigrants, each searching for a sense of community; a space for sharing common experiences of marginalisation and discrimination. Through the theory of ‘interpretive diasporas’, the chapter insists on the necessity for a plurality of approaches to thinking about diaspora and belonging.
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- The Cambridge Companion to Caribbean Music , pp. 95 - 109Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022
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Discography
All of these recordings are self-recorded and self-distributed, and as such have no record labels.