Instruments of empire : Filipino musicians, Black soldiers, and military band music during US colonization of the Philippines /

Instruments of empire : Filipino musicians, Black soldiers, and military band music during US colonization of the Philippines /

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Author / Creator:	Talusan, Mary, author.
Imprint:	Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2021. ©2021
Description:	xiii, 280 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Loving, Walter Howard, -- 1872-1945. Philippine Constabulary. -- Band -- History. Philippine Constabulary. -- Band. Brass bands -- Philippines -- History. Soldiers, Black -- Philippines -- History. Brass bands. International relations. Soldiers, Black. United States -- Relations -- Philippines. Philippines -- Relations -- United States. Philippines. United States. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12623064

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ISBN:	9781496835666 1496835662 9781496835673 1496835670 9781496835680 9781496835697 9781496835703 9781496835710
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"At the turn of the twentieth century, the United States extended its empire into the Philippines while subjugating Black Americans in the Jim Crow south. And yet, one of the most popular musical acts was a band of "little brown men," Filipino musicians led by an African American conductor playing European and American music. The Philippine Constabulary Band and Lt. Walter H. Loving entertained thousands in concert halls and world's fairs, held a place of honor in Taft's presidential parade, and garnered praise by bandmaster John Philip Sousa-all the while facing beliefs and policies that Filipinos and African Americans were "uncivilized." Author Mary Talusan draws on hundreds of newspaper accounts and exclusive interviews with band members and their descendants to compose the story from the band's own voices. The heretofore untold story of the Philippine Constabulary Band offers a unique opportunity to examine the limits and porousness of America's racial ideologies, exploring musical pleasure at the intersection of Euro-American cultural hegemony, racialization, and US colonization of the Philippines"--
Other form:	Online version: Talusan, Mary. Instruments of empire Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2021 9781496835680

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